February 10, 2017 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 1759

Toughie No 1759 by Elgar

Hints and tips by Dutch

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

Today we have Elgar’s toughie number 115 and accordingly the puzzle contains a number of related connections, as with his last four puzzles here.… Continue reading

DT 28342

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28342

A full review by crypticsue

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This puzzle was published on Saturday 4th February

BD Rating – Difficulty *Enjoyment ***

A pangram this week, with double unches and cryptic definitions galore – this was a slightly different Saturday puzzle to the ‘norm’ but it still didn’t take long to solve, and the clues were very ‘blogger friendly’ when it came to typing out the explanations, even allowing for a couple of quibbles, one considered quite major by the commenters on the day!

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