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Day: 16 November 2012
Toughie 878
Toughie No 878 by Notabilis
The Twang’s the Thang!
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
Greetings from the Calder Valley! One of my favourite setters is here today and as usual we have a high quality and stiff test for the Friday slot. Lots of great quality clues that demonstrate a setter right at the top of his game and caused plenty of head scratching. I spent quite some time staring at a blank grid before things started to materialise and fall into place.
I would happily nominate 24 down as one of the best clues I have seen this year.
DT 27020
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27020
A full review by gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** Enjoyment ***
Morning All!. I solved this one on the way to London before linking to Derby for the Sloggers and Betters meet. There were a couple that held me up through my own stupidity but apart from that pretty straightforward I thought.
DT 27025
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27025
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ***
We have a fairly typical Giovanni puzzle today. Do leave a comment letting us know what you thought of it.
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