October 12, 2018 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

DT 28863

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28863

A full review by crypticsue

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This puzzle was published on 6th October 2018

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

I solve this late on Saturday afternoon after a horrible rainy journey back from Oxfordshire – there was so much to enjoy, apart from (as a solver) the homophone in 21a that didn’t work for quite a few of us (there’s a big NO written by this one on the newspaper) and (as a reviewer) the number of times you notice that you are doing something with individual letters, whether abbreviations or otherwise.… Continue reading