October 15, 2009 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

DT 26056

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26056

A full analysis by Big Dave

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BD Rating – Difficulty * Enjoyment **

Tilsit hopes to be back in this slot next week.  This was quite an easy puzzle – mainly because the handful of obscure words like corncrib and insheathe were well clued.

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Toughie 234

Toughie No 234 by Busman

Lemon Squeezy!

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BD Rating – Difficulty ** Enjoyment **

I had to check that I had printed out the right puzzle today – the answers all went in thick and fast and only the last across clue brought out the dictionary, and then only to check the spelling was correct.

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DT 26060

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26060

Hints and tips by Libellule

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BD Rating – Difficulty *** Enjoyment ***

A comme ci comme ca crossword today, that has its moments. But after the fun I had doing yesterdays Toughie its hard to get excited by this one. The answers are hidden in the blank space between the curly brackets, just highlight it to read them directly. As usual feel free to leave comments.

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