Toughie No 866 by ______: 13 6 27
Consider this!
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
Greetings from the Calder Valley!
Well, we have a Toughie by a mystery setter, or perhaps not? I’m not going to spoil it for you here and will try to keep things as much under wraps as possible. It’s a ferocious beast and you’ll need to know your music. Fortunately the key to this is one of my favourite tunes. I suspect some of you will not like this one bit, but I would encourage you to persevere and use a few hints, it is worthwhile. If all else fails, I’ll link to the music at the end of the blog.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27007
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
It’s been a funny (and enjoyable) old week for the back-page cryptic solver but we return to earth today with a fairly typical puzzle from Giovanni. Let us know how you fared.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27002
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** Enjoyment ***
I had my suspicions that this was a Cephas puzzle, albeit a slightly trickier one than usual, when I solved it and this was confirmed by the setter himself when we met at the Convention on Saturday afternoon. Continue reading “DT 27002”
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