Toughie No 1586 by Micawber
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
A typical offering from Micawber which was most enjoyable without being too taxing. My only real problem was with 20 down where I didn’t know the drink and had to work it out from the wordplay
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28088
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from the Vega Baja and welcome to a very enjoyable puzzle. I’m pretty sure it’s a RayT production – it’s all short clues, some slightly stretched synonyms, a couple of lurkers, Charles’ mother makes an appearance, there’s a bikini almost covering the top and a son chasing skirt. It’s gotta be a RayT with all that hasn’t it? It was heading for a comfortable ** difficulty but then I stalled a bit in the NE corner so *** it became. I’ll be interested to hear what you all make of it.
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2842
A full review by gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
This puzzle was published on Sunday, 3rd April 2016
Morning All! A very quick solve on the plane to Spain the wekend before last. Many more hidden word clues than normal and still a reasonably fun solve.
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