March 18, 2016 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 1571

Toughie No 1571 by Notabilis

Hints and tips by Dutch

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

Greeting from Macclesfield, today a cruciverbalist Mecca. It has been a foggy morning – possibly a metaphor for the next two days.… Continue reading

DT 28060

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28060

A full review by crypticsue

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BD Rating – Difficulty ** Enjoyment ***

This puzzle was published on Saturday, 12th March 2016

Apart from all the comments about 3d, this Saturday puzzle proved to be fairly average Saturday fare  – just a shame the clue types weren’t mixed up a bit – there’s an awful lot of ‘take a letter off’ in the Acrosses and several anagrams in a row in the Downs.

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