December 20, 2017 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Day: December 20, 2017

Toughie 1937 ~ Posted on by Gazza

Toughie No 1937 by Osmosis

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

Osmosis has given us a pangram today with, as usual, lots of detailed wordplay. I would have given it 3 stars for difficulty but I’ve been trying to work out for some time (without a lot of success) how the wordplay for 29a works so I’ve added an extra star for that.… Continue reading >

DT 28615 ~ Posted on by 2Kiwis

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28615

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

Kia ora from Aotearoa.                

As this will be our last blog before Christmas we want to wish all the setters, Phil’s team at the Telegraph, fellow contributors to the blog and all the thousands of followers of the site a very happy festive season.… Continue reading >