January 7, 2012 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

NTSPP – 100 (Review)

Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 100 (Review)

Happy Anniversary

A Puzzle by Prolixic

(with a little help from his friends)

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Difficulty ***Enjoyment ****

Prolixic prepared this special puzzle to mark the fact that the best alternative Saturday puzzle in the world has reached no 100.    He has set more of these puzzles than anyone else and this time had a bit of assistance with the clue writing from Gazza and Radler who, along with Anax, Bufo and Hieroglyph,  feature in the top six of the NTSPP setters table.

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DT 26756 (Hints)

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26756 (Hints)

Big Dave’s Crossword Club

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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, an assortment of clues, including some of the more difficult ones, have been selected and hints provided for them.

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