June 27, 2019 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 2253

Toughie No 2253 by Beam

Hints and tips by Bufo

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

There’s always a danger with this kind of grid that there will one corner that you have difficulty getting into. With me today it was the NW corner which is hard to understand because there are a couple of gimmes that I ought to have spotted instantly.… Continue reading

DT 29088

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29088

Hints and tips by Kath

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BD Rating — Difficulty ***/****Enjoyment ****

Hello everyone. Well, I obviously don’t know about the rest of you yet but I thought this was jolly difficult. It’s not by Ray T  – I suspect the setter is proXimal but we’ll have to wait and see.… Continue reading

ST 3008

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3008

A full review by crypticsue

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This puzzle was published on 16th June 2019

BD Rating – Difficulty *Enjoyment ***

Nice and straightforward – although I did wonder if I’ve been doing these crosswords for far too long as there did seem to be a lot of things I’ve seen many times before

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