December 11, 2015 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 1516

Toughie No 1516 by Elgar

Hints and tips by Dutch

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

Today your mission is 16a (and there are more than first meets the eye). This brilliant puzzle by Elgar allowed me to get off to a good start but it did take me quite a while to finish, not helped by having had quite a few beers last night with Snape, who very kindly came to visit from Liverpool.… Continue reading

DT 27982

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27982

Hints and tips by Deep Threat

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

Good morning from South Staffs. The gremlins seem to have got into Telegraph Towers this morning: There’s a misprint in 26d in the paper (it’s now been corrected on the website), and on the website (but not in the paper) we seemeed to have jumped forward in time to the autumn of 2019, since the puzzle was shown this morning as DT 29290 (now corrected).… Continue reading

DT 27977

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27977

A full review by gnomethang

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BD Rating – Difficulty * Enjoyment **

This puzzle was published on Saturday, 4th December 2015

Morning All! – This one went in so quickly that I blinked and missed it. There was not too much to entertain apart from some nice anagram indicators. Personally I prefer a stiffer challenge.

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