Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2508
A full analysis by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Tilsit’s review is a little late, so I have decided to publish the answers and the essentials of the wordplay.
Day: 6 November 2009
Toughie 247
Toughie No 247 by Elgar
Like for unlike
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
Tackling this one at 1am was possibly not a great idea – a bit of a struggle. Finally slotted the last bits, then went back to see what had held me up. Mostly it was instances of implied double meanings and puns whose grammar didn’t seem to stack up, but I suppose when the intention is to raise a few smiles – which, in fairness, they did – the setter deserves to be given some latitude.
DT 26079
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26079
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Giovanni is on form today and has given us an excellent puzzle with many entertaining clues. For those who normally have problems on a Friday, it is worth persevering with – there are a number of easier clues, such as 18a, 7d and 22d which should give you toeholds to get into it.
As usual the answers are inside the curly brackets for those who need them – just highlight the space inside the brackets.
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