December 2, 2014 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 1302

Toughie No 1302 by Messinae

 Gift-wrapped

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A regular on these pages who has tens of thousands more puzzles behind her than I ever will (and amazing powers of recall too) emailed me this morning to suggest Chestnuts Roasting as the strapline for today's Toughie review. I've gone for Gift-Wrapped in reference to the four write-in clues around the edge.

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DT 27662

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27662

Hints and tips by Gazza

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Today’s Mr Ron (I have an idea who he is) has given us a more substantial puzzle than we had last Tuesday. Do let us know what you thought of it and how you got on.
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