May 20, 2014 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 1190

Toughie No 1190 by Excalibur

Hints and Tips by Gazza

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment **

This is a typically quirky puzzle from Excalibur. We have lots of very short anagrams including several with only three letters and one (and I don’t remember ever having seen this before) with only two letters.
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DT 27494

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27494

Hints and tips by Deep Threat

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

Good morning from South Staffs on a damp, rainy morning – something of a contrast to the weather of the last week.

I found this puzzle from the Tuesday Mysteron to be pretty tricky in places, a definite *** difficulty for me.

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