December 12, 2019 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 2349

Toughie No 2349 by Beam

Hints and tips by Bufo

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

I struggled with this somewhat but I think that was more down to me than to the puzzle. Still it was enjoyable though I really had to think hard to unravel some of the wordplay. Continue reading “Toughie 2349”

DT 29232

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29232

Hints and tips by pommers

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BD Rating – Difficulty ** Enjoyment ***

Hola from the Vega Baja.  Well, things have moved on a bit here.  We now have new doors on the bedrooms and bathroom and a fully functional kitchen.  The master bedroom is finished so all I have to do now is redecorate the rest of the house.  Deep joy!

Anyway, on to the crossword which I’m pretty sure is a proXimal production as it’s a pangram bar an X.  I found it at the easier end of his range and I got 10 of the acrosses on first pass. A couple held me up a bit (25a for example) so we slipped into ** time.  I’ll be interested to see what you all thought of it.
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ST 3032

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3032

A full review by gnomethang

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This puzzle was published on 1st December 2019

BD Rating – Difficulty *Enjoyment ***

Morning All! A failry quick solve today but the review found some nice constructions that I missed when I threw the words in from checing letters and obvious definitions. Personally I think that I would have added an extra enjoyment star if the Defs had been a bit more oblique.

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