February 16, 2010 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 303

Toughie No 303 by Busman

A Piece of Cake

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BD Rating – Difficulty ** Enjoyment ***

Like Mr Kipling, Busman produces exceedingly good puzzles, but are they tough enough to labelled Toughies? A quick look at the comments on today’s offering from Ray T would suggest not.

By the way, NTSPP-001 has now been reinstated.  Many thanks to Mike “Eimi” Hutchinson for his hard work in ensuring that any possible legal hurdles were cleared.

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DT 26165

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26165

Hints and tips by Gazza

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

It’s a Ray T puzzle with the usual good variety of clues. Leave us a comment with your criticisms, queries, plaudits or brickbats; we’re especially keen to get comments from first-timers, so if you’ve been lurking a while and not introduced yourself (or even if today is your first visit) now is the ideal time to take the plunge.
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