April 4, 2019 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 2205

Toughie No 2205 by Beam

Hints and tips by Bufo

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

I was so busy this morning picking my losers for Aintree that I clean forgot that I was on blogging duty. By the time I realised I was left with little time before the deadline so I was thankful that the puzzle was not a stinker (even though it is by Beam and not the expected Kcit).… Continue reading

DT 29016

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29016

Hints and tips by Kath

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BD Rating — Difficulty **Enjoyment ****

Hello everyone. Well, that was an ‘interesting’ start. When I’m doing the hints I stay up and get the crossword at midnight as soon as it’s available but last night the puzzles site wasn’t updated so I gave up waiting and went to bed.… Continue reading

ST 2996

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2996

A full review by gnomethang

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This puzzle was published on 24th March 2019

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

Morning All! I am not sure of the solving time but there were a few tricky clues to parse but this was balanced by more than a few fairly straightforward double and cryptic definitions.

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