January 2015 – Page 4 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

MPP 032 – Review

Monthly Prize Puzzle – 032

January 2015

A puzzle by Radler

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The ‘casting of the sacred runes’  (thank you Mrs BD) has resulted in a second MPP win for Pegasus – congratulations to him.   He wins a choice of Telegraph Puzzle Books from Hamlyn.   All we had to do was find all the hidden money in the grid and add it up to get the sum of £1,633.01 – if you didn’t get the right total, all is revealed at the end of the review.

 

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DT 27701 (Hints)

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27701 (Hints)

Big Dave’s Saturday Crossword Club

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Today is your last chance to enter our January Prize Puzzle

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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DT 27700

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27700

Hints and tips by Deep Threat

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

Good morning from South Staffs, where for the third time in 12 months my front garden wall has been demolished by a lorry driver following his satnav into roads too narrow for articulated lorries to negotiate.… Continue reading

ST 2777

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2777

A full review by crypticsue

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ****

This puzzle was published on Sunday, 4th January 2015

 

I like Sundays for lots of reasons –  an important one being that you know you are going to get a wonderful puzzle to solve, full of inventiveness and d’oh moments, and this one was no exception.

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