Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26092
A full analysis by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment *
Only the Telegraph, among quality dailies, would have a prize puzzle that is this easy.
Day: 26 November 2009
Toughie 258
Toughie No 258 by MynoT
A Night at the Opera
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
I bet you were all wondering where Mynot would go next, having completed a series of vowel-inspired puzzles, well now we know he has invited us all to a Night at the Opera, but without the Marx Brothers.
I must admit that when I saw the convoluted clueing on this puzzle I felt like tossing it in the cyber-bin. I persevered with it, and ended up quite enjoying the result. It is very important to latch on to the theme quickly, and an inspired guess at the 1a / 28a coupling, based on just three checking letters was the key for me, even though my first guess of “clue” for 19a proved to be incorrect.
I have just had an email from Tilsit. The last I heard was that he had lost his dongle – sounds like the title of a Charlie Drake song – so he must have now found it!!
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DT 26096
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26096
Hints and tips by Libellule
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Another “exactly what it says on the tin” crossword from J. Unlike last week, I can’t find anything in this to grumble about.
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