August 6, 2014 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 1235

Toughie No 1235 by Beam

Don’t Mention Brazil

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

Beam, as always in anagram-free mode, provides his usual ration of chuckles. A fair bit of thinking outside the box is needed to match up some bits of the answers to what’s in the clue – but that’s why it’s a Toughie.
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DT 27561

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27561

Hints and tips by scchua

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

For some reason, it was hard starting on this one, but once past the tipping point, it was quite straightforward. A 1.5*/3* difficulty/enjoyment. Thanks to Jay.

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