Toughie No 1064 by Micawber
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Sorry about the late posting. I emailed the report to Big Dave at 11.55 and it must still be somewhere in cyberspace because he never received it [Bufo has resent this from a different email account – sorry for the delay. BD]. This was a very enjoyable puzzle which required a lot more thought than the average Thursday puzzle
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2711
A full review by gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment *****
Morning All!. This, in my opinion, was an absolute tour-de-force. The surface reading in almost every single clue was magically consistent and amusing.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27305
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment **
Hola from the Vega Baja. Yes, it’s me again and now that I’ve reached an age when I can be officially called a “grumpy old man” I’ll have a quick grump about this puzzle. It’s possibly a “wrong envelope” job, certainly not easy, although that might just be me after a long week of birthday partying. I don’t know who the setter is and after my record of spotting setters in the past that’s all I’m saying, apart from, if it’s RayT I’ll eat my hat!
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