Toughie No 1269 by Elkamere
Mine’s a Gin and Tonic!
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
In Toughie terms there is nothing too difficult here – I even managed to derive the French poem from the anagram fodder and most, but not all, of the checking letters.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27611
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs on another sunny autumn morning.
A nice pangram from Giovanni today – and if I’d realised sooner that I was looking for a pangram, I wouldn’t have taken so long to get 7d, my last one in.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27606
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty **– Enjoyment ***
This puzzle was published on Saturday, 27th September 2014
Congratulations to the Saturday Mysteron who, if my reading of the Nina – complete a century – revealed in the outside ‘down’ rows is correct, has completed a century of crosswords for the Daily Telegraph. A not-too-difficult Saturday puzzle, especially if you are a fan of anagrams, of which I counted seven.
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