Toughie No 1205 by Notabilis
Ma il mio nome è Lucia
(But my name is Lucy)
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
On of Notabilis’s gentler offerings today. The only one that held me up was the four-letter word at 26 down which had two vowels as the checking letters, although I found 1 down a bit tricky to explain.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27515
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Bonjour from Camping Le Frejus in the South of France, where the temperature has been in the low 30s every day – rather reducing one’s inclination to go sightseeing.
A pretty standard Giovanni this week, with a couple of cricket references, some science, and no particularly obscure words.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27510
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
This puzzle was published on Saturday, 7th June 2014
I found this a particularly straightforward offering from the Saturday Mysteron, so was a little surprised to find when I visited the blog, that others had found the top half of the crossword significantly harder than the bottom.
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