March 30, 2012 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 746

Toughie No 746 by Notabilis

Pure Enjoyment!

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BD Rating – Difficulty ****Enjoyment *****

Tilsit had arranged for transport to take him to the hospital for 7:00am this morning and by 10:30am he was still waiting. No complaints from me as I got the job of reviewing this wonderful Notabilis puzzle

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ST 2632

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2632

A full review by crypticsue

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment *****

Best puzzle of the week, thank you Virgilius.   Some clues fall into easier to solve than explain territory, and it is impossible to pick favourites from so many good examples, although revisiting the crossword for the review has made the one clue I didn’t like ‘grow’ on me! 

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DT 26827

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26827

Hints and tips by Gazza

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

This is a fairly routine Giovanni puzzle with a fair sprinkling of proper names. After last week’s Nina I looked carefully for another (but in vain). Let us know how you enjoyed it.
If you need, in spite of the hint, to see an answer, just highlight the spaces between the curly brackets under the clue.

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DT 26822

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26822

A full review by gnomethang

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BD Rating – Difficulty *Enjoyment **

Morning All! I raced through this puzzle from Cephas and whilst reviewing it thought that there were some attractive clues but a few clues that were telegraphed (ahem) to the point that they went in without thinking.

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