Toughie No 149 by MynoT
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
I got 1a and 1d immediately and thought that the whole thing was going to be a doddle – how wrong can you be? Nearly every clue after that needed to be winkled out, and even after getting the solution to some of them (notably 7d) I struggled to work out the wordplay. But it was an enjoyable challenge, with some nice surface readings.
After last weeks enjoyable puzzle we come down to earth with this one. You can make up your own mind what you think of it as my opinion is unprintable.