March 5, 2021 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 2604

Toughie No 2604 by Sparks

Hints and tips by Dutch

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

A lovely quirky puzzle from Sparks today with a few that required a bit of extra thinking to see the parsing. At the time of writing, I haven’t seen Spark’s usual Nina, unless there’s been some kind of household incident (rows 3 & 13) – comments welcome. Continue reading “Toughie 2604”

DT 29615

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29615

Hints and tips by Deep Threat

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

Good morning from South Staffs on a cloudy March day.

Most of today’s puzzle went in fairly quickly, but I ran into a block with 6a, my last one in, which took me into *** time.… Continue reading

DT 29610

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29610

A full review by crypticsue

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This puzzle was published on 27th February 2021

BD Rating – Difficulty *Enjoyment ***

This exceedingly straightforward and very enjoyable Prize Puzzle was the work of the Telegraph Puzzles Editor Continue reading “DT 29610”