January 8, 2019 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 2155

Toughie No 2155 by Busman

Hints and tips by Kitty

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BD Rating  –  Difficulty ** –  Enjoyment ***

 

Welcome aboard everybody.  Today’s ride with the Busman was a fairly smooth one, my only real delays being in dim-wittedly failing to spot an obvious enough anagram and in having trouble piecing an unknown answer together from wordplay.  I enjoyed it but can’t pick a favourite.  Did/can you?

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DT 28942

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28942

Hints and tips by Mr K

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty ** Enjoyment ***

 

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Tuesday.  Another reasonably gentle puzzle this week, featuring many clues with great surfaces.  As always, if our setter is reading the blog today, please leave a comment below so we know who to thank for a fine puzzle.

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