March 13, 2014 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 1152

Toughie No 1152 by Beam

Hints and tips by Bufo

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

Another Beam puzzle with no anagrams or multi-word answers. As usual with Beam puzzles I found it quite tough and I had to think hard to justify some of the answers.

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DT 27436

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27436

Hints and tips by archy and mehitabel

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

Good morning everyone, it’s the sun-drenched cockroach and the fog-bound alley cat back again.

A very pleasant puzzle with two excellent fifteen letter anagrams to give you a lot of checkers!
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ST 2733

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2733

A full review by crypticsue

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

This puzzle was published on  Sunday, 2nd March 2014

Once again, Virgilius provided us with the usual great Sunday challenge with a fine mix of clue types.

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