April 12, 2011 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 543

Toughie No 543 by Cephas

Nice ‘N Easy does it!

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This puzzle from Cephas could easily have been a Saturday prize crossword. I’m sure the rest of the week will be more difficult.

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DT 26524

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26524

Hints and tips by Gnomethang

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Morning All!. Once again Gazza kindly offered me the chance to blog ‘on the day’ so thanks to him. I enjoyed this puzzle from (I presume) the mystery setter. I thought that some of the anagram indicators were very well chosen to maintain the theme of the surface reading. There are one or two possibly unfamiliar words but in each case the wordplay is clear.

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