April 26, 2019 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 2218

Toughie No 2218 by Sparks

Hints and tips by Dutch

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

Congratulations Sparks! (see Nina). Time to open a couple of Spanish wines. It took a short while to get into this puzzle but it soon flowed smoothly.

Definitions are underlined as usual.… Continue reading

DT 29035

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29035

Hints and tips by Deep Threat

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

Good morning from South Staffs where the sun is trying to break through the early morning cloud.

Today’s Giovanni took me a little longer than some of the puzzles I have blogged recently, but as always the wordplay enables the solver to get to the more obscure answers.… Continue reading

DT 29030

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29030

A full review by crypticsue

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This puzzle was published on 20th April 2019

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

I quite enjoyed solving this –  I wasn’t even put off the solving process by three separate emails from a certain pub landlord about three of the clues – but then as I typed the review, I did find that, on many occasions, if I wasn’t sorting out an anagram, I seemed to be inserting something into something else, and in one case, inserting something into an anagram.… Continue reading