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Toughie 2987

Toughie No 2987 by Firefly
Hints and tips by Gazza

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

I spent longer sorting out the wordplay than I did solving this Firefly puzzle. I do enjoy disentangling complicated wordplay but I was still rather glad when I got to the end of the hints.Continue reading

ST 2987

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2987

A full review by crypticsue

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

Back to the sort of crossword from Dada that it would be nice to see in the middle of the paper on a Tuesday (which seems to be the day for one of his ‘toughies’ to appear)

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ST 2987 (Hints)

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2987 (Hints)

Hints and tips by Senf

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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg, where, with extreme low temperatures and wind chills, the weather forecasts are including time for frostbite on exposed skin (10 minutes or less).

Today, Dada has provided us a Toughie type of puzzle, and when I thought I had finished I had to rely on web site submission for confirmation, containing two anagrams (one of them a partial), one homophone, and one lurker.… Continue reading