May 13, 2015 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 1394

Toughie No 1394 by Firefly

No Pigtails?

+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +

BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

This is an enjoyable Toughie with a mini-theme relating to animals’ bits (no, not those bits).
Please leave a comment telling us what you thought. You can also add your assessment by selecting from one to five stars at the bottom of the post.… Continue reading

DT 27800

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27800

Hints and tips by Dutch

+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +

BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

Many thanks to all of you for the kind words of encouragement after my first blog last week – means a lot to me. Nice enough day in Macclesfield today, and today’s puzzle (by Jay) took me a bit longer than usual (3* difficulty I would suggest) with one or two answers that I didn’t find convincing, tweaking the enjoyment down a wee bit perhaps, but hey, it’s still much more fun than numerous other chores that lie lurking.… Continue reading