August 1, 2013 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 1024

Toughie No 1024 by Shamus

Hints and tips by Bufo

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

I got the impression while solving this that every other clue contains an anagram. In fact there are only 9 anagrams though they are clustered in the first few across clues and the last few down clues. Still it made a change from the Thursday puzzle two weeks ago that contained no anagrams at all. I found it to be an enjoyable puzzle that caused no major problems.

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ST 2701

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2701

A full review by crypticsue

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BD Rating – Difficulty *Enjoyment ****

So hard to think of something original to say about the weekly treat from Virgilius.  Once again a splendid mix of clues with too many ‘clues I liked best’ to pick just one.

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