May 7, 2014 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 1183

Toughie No 1183 by Micawber

A Pleasurable Pangram

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

Micawber is on top form today with a terrific puzzle full of his usual inventive clueing. Without wishing to tempt fate I have to say that Wednesday is a very good day to be a Toughie blogger.
There was a bit of a mix-up with the enumerations for a couple of the down clues earlier on (in the online version only) but that has now been corrected.

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DT 27483

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27483

Hints and tips by scchua

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

The clues with the long answers looked daunting at first glance, but were quite easily solved with the help of the checking letters. A 1.5-2*/3* for difficulty/enjoyment. Thanks to Jay.

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