Toughie No 1742 by Firefly
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ****
I found this quite tricky for a Firefly puzzle.… Continue reading
Day: 12 January 2017
DT 28322
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28322
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Hello and welcome to another RayT Thursday. All the hallmarks are there and there’s a few bits of synonym stretching as well so I guess we’ll get some complaints from the usual suspects. Her Majesty is on parade and all the clues are short but there’s very little smut so it was a little disappointing for me as I likes a bit of smut in my crosswords. I’ve gone for *** difficulty but that’s probably just because I put a wrong answer into 27a which caused a bit of a problem. You’ll all probably say it’s only a ** but I can only rate it as I found it.
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ST 2880
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2880
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on Sunday 1 January
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Another super Sunday puzzle – I’ve given up making 12a’s about spotting Ninas in crosswords – I missed this one too – the word BREXIT was clearly visible in row 2, if you’d remembered to look, that is!