January 7, 2011 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 490

Toughie No 490 by Notabilis

OK, I failed to spot Nina!

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BD Rating – Difficulty ****Enjoyment ****

Tilsit has been called up for family chauffeuring duties and has left me with an excellent puzzle to review for the second consecutive week.

Look at the two across rows and the two down rows which have three answers.

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DT 26443

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26443

Hints and tips by Gazza

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

Today’s puzzle (presumably by Giovanni) has very few anagrams. Let us know how you found it in a comment.
To reveal an answer highlight the space between the curly brackets under the relevant clue.

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DT 26438

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26438

A Full Review by Gnomethang

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

Morning All! We had a couple of troublesome clues in this puzzle from (I think) Cephas. In the end there was nothing to stop one completing but it did increase the solving time a tad.

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