Toughie No 393 by Kcit
Going through (Spaghetti) Hoops!
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
A fine Thursday puzzle by Kcit with a good set of challenging clues beautifully written with nice surface readings. The answer to 1 across appeared in DT Cryptic 26263 last month, which I also blogged.
I’d also like to take this opportunity to wish my dear friends John H (Elgar / Enigmatist / Nimrod) and Jane T (Jetdoc) all the best on the occasion of their wedding tomorrow. I hope to be at the reception and look forward to toasting their health and happiness, along with many crossword friends.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26295
A full review by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Cephas gave us a very enjoyable crossword this week – Barrie summed it up nicely “ Very interesting and enjoyable puzzle … very tough in parts… but … an encouraging start” and I can’t think of anything I could say which would describe it up any better than that. My BD rating reflects the difficulty of some of the clues and the fact that we all got a great deal of pleasure from solving the puzzle.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26299
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
It’s mystery setter time again. If you don’t enjoy charades, then you’d better give this one a miss! A couple of good clues get all but drowned out by the rest, but they rescued this puzzle from one-star status.
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