Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2507
A full analysis by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
With Peter Biddlecombe on holiday, the pleasure of writing the review passes back to me for a couple of weeks. This was another excellent puzzle, such a pity that, based on blog page views, this is the least solved Telegraph crossword of the week.
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Toughie No 243 by Kcit
Balance and elegance
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
A small handful of slightly clumsy surface readings do little to spoil this masterpiece of cryptic clueing technique and clever misdirection. The NE corner was the last section filled as I had to work out 10a from wordplay, and I needed that to get the – eventually very obvious – answers at 5d and 7d.
This is cryptic crossword writing at its best; challenging and imaginative, with plenty of very satisfying penny-drop moments, and a perfect balance of easy and harder clues. Thank you setter!
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26073
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
Friday’s puzzles seem to divide the solving community into two polarised camps, and I suspect that today’s will be no exception. I enjoyed it, although I have a couple of queries. I’ve given it four * for difficulty largely because those completing it on Clued Up seemed to take longer than usual.
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