February 4, 2015 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 1338

Toughie No 1338 by Osmosis

A Couple of Old Geezers

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

I wasn’t making much progress reading through the clues until I reached 15/18a which more or less wrote itself in and provided some very useful checking letters. Even so some head-scratching was required to fill in the rest of the grid.… Continue reading

DT 27716

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27716

Hints and tips by 2Kiwis

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

After a record-breaking dry January, we have at last had a few days of rain that has been much appreciated by farmers and gardeners. This coming weekend is a long holiday one here for Waitangi Day (we don’t call them Bank Holidays here, but the same thing) and we are hoping the weather returns to dry again as we are expecting an invasion of family, intending to pitch their tents on the lawn.
A good fun puzzle again from Jay, slightly trickier, we thought, than last week’s.

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