Toughie No 609 by Elkamere
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
An enjoyable puzzle that was nowhere near as difficult as I thought it was going to be.
Day: 4 August 2011
DT 26622
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26622
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
I’m sure that I’m not the only one who had trouble accessing Telegraph Puzzles today. Please send your complaints to the Telegraph, not that they will take any notice. It’s difficult to understand how, in the 21st Century, a website cannot cope with a few hundred concurrent users – but then it seems to have been designed by people who know more about attractive layouts than they do about crosswords and computer systems.
After a long wait to access the puzzle, it came as somewhat of an anti-climax, especially as I solved today’s superb Elkamere Toughie first. My main complaint about today’s puzzle is that the surface readings of most of the clues were gobbledegook! Take 6 down, for example – “British woman with rock bun that’s littered battle site (11)”. Compare this with Tilsit’s superb competition-winning clue for THE EXIT – “Poor Candy’s no longer in Sex and the City, sadly it’s what she was shown! (3,4)” .