November 8, 2012 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 873

Toughie No 873 by Osmosis

Eh… What’s up, doc?

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

Bufo is away today, but both of us will be in Derby on Saturday, so why not come along as well.

This was a fairly typical Osmosis puzzle, not too easy and not too difficult.

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ST 2663

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2663

A full review by crypticsue

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BD Rating – Difficulty *Enjoyment *****

A cryptic crossword doesn’t have to be difficult to be wonderfully enjoyable as is proved by this Sunday puzzle which was my puzzle of the week some 11 days ago.  My top top  favourites have to be 15a and 21d.

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DT 27018

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27018

Hints and tips by pommers

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ****

Hola from the Vega Baja, where pobbers seebs to have yet adother code id the dose!! Two days of cold and rain haven’t helped.

Thought I’d do the blog tonight as I may be “hors de combat” tomorrow with some serious man-flu! This puzzle was quite a bit of fun I thought and it came as something of a relief after my last attempt at blogging what I described at the time as a recycled Toughie! There’s a nice mix of clue types and nothing too mind-bending.

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