Toughie No 530 by Elgar
Fatal Distraction!
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
Greetings from the Calder Valley! We finish an absolutely brilliant week of puzzles with one of Elgar’s crackers. I thought that following the dazzling Dada debut would be tough, but Elgar has managed it with a puzzle that contains lots of really fine clues. Because there are two long answers that spread round the perimeter, they provide you with quite a solving foot in the door. There’s also a sort of sub-theme with a lot of the answers being of a Gallic nature.
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2759
A full review by Gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Another classic Virgilius puzzle that really does tick all the right boxes – It was even better when reviewing than when solving as I had cause to break the clues down and consider the merits. Apart from some well signposted tricky words I think most people found it relatively straightforward.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26503
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A not-too-challenging puzzle from Giovanni today with his usual nice mixture of clues but, unusually, no religious references at all. Let us know how you fared in a comment.
To reveal an answer slide your cursor through the space between the brackets under the clue.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26498
A full review by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Although there was some muttering from the grumpy corner about this crossword, I quite like a gentler Saturday puzzle – why shouldn’t the old cryptic grey matter have a day off after a week of tussling with Toughies and the like, so thank you to Cephas. This crossword came with the added bonus of being a Pangram.
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