September 27, 2019 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 2306

Toughie No 2306 by Firefly

Hints and tips by Dutch

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ****

A pleasant and entertaining puzzle from Firefly with some great definitions. A couple of new words were clued fairly and easily. I was lucky to get the long clues straight away, speeding up my solve

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DT 29167

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29167

Hints and tips by Deep Threat

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

Good morning from South Staffs on a cloudy, grey day.

Nothing too obscure in today’s Giovanni, and a rather clever construction in 5d, where the answer was obvious, but it took me a while to spot how the parsing worked.… Continue reading

DT 29162

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29162

A full review by crypticsue

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This puzzle was published on 21st September 2019

BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ****

Another enjoyable Saturday Prize Puzzle – let’s hope the trend continues

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