Toughie No 457 by Kcit
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
I found this far more difficult than I’ve come to expect from Kcit. To some extent this was a consequence of the grid in which there are less checked letters than usual and a lot of first letters that are unchecked. I struggled with the last few answers and eventually had to “cheat” to get 17 down. There appears to be an error in 15 across.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26391
A full review by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Once again, Cephas provided us with a most enjoyable crossword for a fine Saturday morning – a very nice mix of clues – a couple of which caused confusion for some on the day – but I thoroughly enjoyed both the solving and the subsequent analysis for this review.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26395
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Looks like today’s puzzle is by one of our mystery setters. It was nice to see such an open grid – the Telegraph could do with having many more like this.
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