September 2014 – Page 6 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

DT 27589

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27589

Hints and tips by Miffypops

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

I found this easy to solve but tricky to review. 4d for instance. I now have a couple of hours sitting on the lawn tractor in the sunshine scarifying the camping field and collecting the thatch. Then it is off to the most beautiful farm buildings and gardens in Warwickshire with Saint Sharon. Happy days. I suppose there will be an error or two in this review. Please let me know otherwise I will begin to think that I am perfect again.

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ST 2760 (Hints)

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2760 (Hints)

Hints and tips by Big Dave

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Don’t forget to enter the September Prize Puzzle

As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a number of the more difficult clues and provide hints for them.

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DT 27588 (Hints)

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27588 (Hints)

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There’s a new Monthly Prize Puzzle today!

As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, an assortment of clues, including some of the more difficult ones, have been selected and hints provided for them.

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Prize Puzzle – September 2014

Monthly Prize Puzzle No 28 (September 2014)

Latitude by Alchemi

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Why not have a go at our latest Monthly Prize Puzzle?

The winner will receive a copy of Chambers XWD – A Dictionary of Crossword Abbreviations.

Please note that, due to punitive postal charges, while the competition is open to all, the prize is only available to UK solvers.

A review will follow after the closing date (20th September 2014).

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Toughie 1253

Toughie No 1253 by proXimal

Three cheers for our queer old dean!

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

A competent but far-from-difficult puzzle from the setter formerly known as eXternal. I’m not sure why this was picked for the traditionally difficult Friday Toughie – in my opinion it would have sat quite nicely in the Tuesday slot.

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DT 27587

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27587

Hints and tips by Deep Threat

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

Good morning from Killala in County Mayo, where we are staying for a few days. My host suggests this post should be called ‘the blog from the bog’.

One or two less common terms from Giovanni today, which took me up to the top end of ** for difficulty.

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DT 27582

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27582

A full review by crypticsue

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BD Rating – Difficulty */*Enjoyment ***

This puzzle was published on Saturday, 30th August 2014

Were they to actually read this review, I feel sure that a couple of the usual suspects would disagree with my view that this was typically straightforward offering from the Saturday Mysteron.

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Toughie 1252

Toughie No 1252 by Elkamere

Not 9 across – it didn’t take an 23 across

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

Elkamere must be mellowing with age because his puzzles these days seem nowhere near as difficult as some of his early puzzles were. I don’t mind that because this was a very enjoyable puzzle. The clue for 5 down is provided by 8 other answers. I guessed the answer to 5 down from some of the checking letters and this enabled me to work out the two other answers used in the clue that I hadn’t yet got.

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