January 30, 2015 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 1336

Toughie No 1336 by Notabilis

The Return of the Magician

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

Another excellent puzzle from our Friday 4 Down. Words like quality and class come to mind. So many superb clues it is hard to pick a favourite, but being a lover of splendid words, Cleo’s going for 4 Down, while Antony has picked 22 Down (mainly because he initially got it wrong until the denarius dropped).… Continue reading

DT 27712

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27712

Hints and tips by Deep Threat

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

Good morning from South Staffs on a cold day with a light dusting of snow.

I’m not sure what to make today’s puzzle from Giovanni. While I was completing it there was some glitch, either in the Telegraph site or in my PC, which meant that the cursor wouldn’t move from one square to the next every time I typed a letter, so I had to keep repositioning it.… Continue reading

DT 27707

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27707

A full review by gnomethang

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This puzzle was published on Saturday, 24th January 2015

Morning All! A few head scratch moments here and a couple of pretty fairly weak cryptic or double definitions (as far as I was concerened). Continue reading “DT 27707”