August 4, 2023 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 3108

Toughie No 3108 by Osmosis

Hints and tips by Dutch

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

This seemed tricky. I had plenty to parse after filling the grid, and I was still changing the parsing while writing up the blog!.… Continue reading

DT 30370

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30370

Hints and tips by Mr K

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty *** Enjoyment ***

Hello, everyone, and welcome to the first Friday blog from the new site location. My solve today proceeded faster than usual because a few answers leapt out at me from their definitions, leaving the wordplay to be parsed afterwards. But there were plenty of clues that worked the other, and IMHO more satisfying, way around, where the non-obvious answer emerges from following the wordplay instructions and generates a big smile.  Continue reading "DT 30370"