January 30, 2020 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 2376

Toughie No 2376 by Stick Insect

Hints and tips by crypticsue

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

A lot of the difficulty in this crossword comes from having to take quite a time to work out the parsing of several of the clues, which is reflected in the difficulty rating.… Continue reading

DT 29273

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29273

Hints and tips by pommers

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

Hola from the Vega Baja where we’re having an unseasonably warm spell of weather.  It got up to 21°C yesterday and it’s forecast for 23°C over the weekend.  Not usually this warm in January so I guess we’ll have to pay for it next month.

I may be wrong but I get the feeling that we might have a new setter today as the style of this puzzle didn’t ring any bells with me at all.  Maybe I just wasn’t on the wavelength but I found it a tricky little rascal. There’s a few gimmes and a few anagrams to get a start but then there’s other clues made of sterner stuff. It will be interesting to hear your take on it. Continue reading “DT 29273”

ST 3039

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3039

A full review by crypticsue

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This puzzle was published on 19th January 2020

BD Rating – Difficulty *Enjoyment ***

A nice Sunday crossword which flowed easily from start to finish

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