January 9, 2015 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 1324

Toughie No 1324 by Osmosis

Bung it in and pray!

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

While I enjoyed this much more than the puzzle I reviewed earlier this week, I found several of the constructs could only be resolved after “guessing” the answer from the definition.… Continue reading

DT 27694

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27694

Hints and tips by Deep Threat

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

Good morning from South Staffs on a windy January day.

I thought this was much more straightforward than last Friday’s puzzle, so only ** for difficulty.

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DT 27689

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27689

A full review by crypticsue

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***  Enjoyment ***

This puzzle was published on Saturday, 3rd January 2015

This prize crossword appeared in the paper at the end of a strange week when the Telegraph back page puzzles were, for me and quite a few other solvers anyway, relatively trickier than ‘normal’.    This one was no exception – I solved Saturday’s Times cryptic in half the time!

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