Toughie No 1020 by Elgar
Digging the unches!**
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BD Rating – Difficulty ****/***** – Enjoyment *****
Nice to have a proper Toughie to get the cryptic grey matter working hard – some fluffy ‘ease you in clues’ and some more hob-nailed examples of the art of clue-writing, including possibly the most unhelpful placement of a double unch in the history of the cryptic crossword! Definitely a ‘game of two halves’ as the right hand side was completed first and then the left slowly but surely sorted itself out.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27240
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
We’ve had some good back-page puzzles this week and today we have another enjoyable offering. Do leave a comment telling us how you fared.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27235
A full review by gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All!. I thought that this was a Cephas production upon review but may be wrong. Thanks to CS for sending me the solution and template whilst I was away working on the South Coast. I quite enjoyed this one!.
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