Toughie No 1156 by Kcit
Caught by surprise
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
I expected this to be fairly easy, like most of Kcit’s puzzles, but I struggled more than usual. I entered several answers lightly, awaiting confirmation from checking letters and parsing of the clue, resulting in a solving time of around double my usual time for a puzzle by this setter.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27442
Hints and tips by archy and mehitabel
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning everyone. Today we have a more equitable division of labour than we had last week. Archy has done the across clues and mehitabel the downs.
Star ratings are from mehitabel, archy would have gone for **/*** but then he’s not such a big RayT fan.
24d is particularly apt in view of the England cricket team’s recent performances!
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2734
A full review by gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
This puzzle was published on Sunday, 9th March 2014
I found this tricky to unravel in places but that just added to the fun. A couple of clues were particularly fun for me!
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