Toughie No 862 by Firefly
A Load of Rubbish? No! Well…. Yes!
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from the Calder Valley. Firefly fills the Friday slot today with an amiable challenge, although it didn’t help me by putting the wrong answer in to 12ac as my first entry!
Nina fans will notice something along the top and bottom rows that link into the theme of 11 across, which also defines a number of answers, hence my title to today’s blog! There are a couple of clues that personally make me suck my teeth, but overall it’s a worthy Friday challenge.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27001
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
My normal routine was upset this morning because my printer decided that it was an ideal time to give up the ghost and I had to solve the puzzle on-line. I really missed having the printed sheet on which I normally count the anagrams, underline anagram fodder and mark my favourite clues. The puzzle itself was one of Giovanni’s gentler ones. Tell us what you thought.
If you want to see an answer let your cursor hover over the gap between the curly brackets under the clue.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26996
A full review by gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** Enjoyment ***
Morning All!. I really enjoyed reviewing this puzzle. My solving time placed it in the ** category (but only just) but I found that I missed some of the pleasant neckwear along the way.
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