March 8, 2013 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 941

Toughie No 941 by Myops

The Scottish Wordplay!

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Myops makes his first appearance of 2013 with this excellent Toughie. As a Sassenach, some of the wordplay took a bit of working out, but I think I got there in the end.

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DT 27120

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27120

Hints and tips by Deep Threat

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Good morning from South Staffs where it’s misty, damp and generally unpleasant this morning.

Thanks to Gazza for giving me the chance to blog a Friday Giovanni.  A fun puzzle, where I found myself held up in the NE corner – mainly because I put the wrong answer to 12 a, but it took a while for the penny to drop.  Back to Tuesday next week.

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