November 28, 2014 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

DT 27659

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27659

Hints and tips by Deep Threat

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

Good morning from South Staffs on another damp,grey November day.

I was heading for * time until I was brought up short by 26a, and it took a little while first to identify the definition and secondly to parse it..

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DT 27654

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27654

A full review by crypticsue

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This puzzle was published on Saturday, 22nd  November 2014

Lovely, straightforward start to my Saturday solving. The fact that there are six anagrams and, as Caravaggio commented “… this puzzle evoked memories of Saturday’s past”, I think this week it is thank you to Cephas rather than one of  the Saturday  Mysterons.

 

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