May 23, 2011 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

NTSPP – 067 (Review)

Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 067 (Review)

A Puzzle by Prolixic

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Prolixic has given us a puzzle which is a bit different from his previous compilations. He’s given us a fair few words which I, at least, didn’t know but to compensate he’s made the wordplay for most of them more straightforward than we’ve come to expect from him.

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DT 26559

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26559

Hints and tips by Libellule

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BD Rating – Difficulty *** Enjoyment ***

For some reason I made hard going of this, putting in “IN HAND” at 2d and then getting obsessed with the final word of 13a being BOOK didn’t help. As such this crossword gets three stars for difficulty today, although everybody else probably thought this was a doddle.

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