July 12, 2017 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 1845

Toughie No 1845 by Firefly

Hints and tips by Gazza

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I have to say that I wasn’t overly enamoured with this one when I solved it – the four peripheral answers all went in very quickly and there are a lot of anagrams of various types (none very tricky), so the whole thing was over without any significant hold-ups.… Continue reading

DT 28477

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28477

Hints and tips by 2Kiwis

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Kia ora from Aotearoa.
              We are having a rather nasty wintry storm system moving up the country at present. It has already dumped significant snow in many parts of the South Island and is now moving towards us.… Continue reading