October 13, 2009 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 232

Toughie No 232 by MynoT

All U Ever Wanted!

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

I started this very slowly, getting 10a, 9d and 18a as straightforward, and then started to struggle. Then I realised what I was dealing with and things got a bit easier. If you hadn’t already noticed, the only vowel used in this crossword is a U.

There is one thing that bothers me, I wonder what MynoT is going to do next?

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DT 26058

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26058

Hints and tips by Gazza

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BD Rating – Difficulty *** Enjoyment ***

Regular solvers will recognise the style of today’s setter, and as usual he has provided a good variety of clues and a few smiles.
As always the answers are hidden inside the curly brackets to prevent your seeing them accidentally – just select the white space inside the brackets if you want to reveal one.
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