Toughie No 518 by Elgar
Got any small change, guv?
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
It’s that time of the month again. Time to wrestle with Elgar and today there was a nice mixture of the laugh-out loud and the sublimely clever. Did you spot the hidden theme? If not, look again at 3 down! One or two definitions that had me reaching for Mrs Bradford’s wonderful Dictionary.
Unfortunately a complicated day today means I have had to call on Big Dave to assist with the downs.
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2576
A full review by Gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Afternoon All!. This week we had a slightly more difficult puzzle from Virgilius but as usual it had some very witty clues and the trademark hidden words and cheeky constructions. Continue reading “ST 2576”
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26485
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Today’s Giovanni is not the most difficult that we’ve had, and there are a few old chestnuts (but there are always new solvers coming along so they won’t be old chestnuts for everybody). Let us know what you thought of it in a comment.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26480
A Full Review by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
This crossword came at the end of a very strange week for the DT Cryptics with the usual order of level of difficulty being much disrupted, and the Prize Puzzle followed the trend being trickier than normal – still only 3* difficulty for me, although I appreciate others will have given it a 4* rating. Thanks to the Mysteron for setting us all the perfect challenge for a very very wet Saturday.
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