April 2024 – Page 4 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 3255

Toughie No 3255 by Silvanus
Hints and tips by Gazza

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

Silvanus has given us a fairly gentle Toughie with his usual smooth surfaces – many thanks to him.

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DT 30590

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30590
Hints and tips by Gazza

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

Carol and Colin are on a jaunt today so I have the pleasure of blogging this enjoyable puzzle.

When I printed off the puzzle from the old puzzles site this morning the first two words of 11a were missing so that the clue lacked a definition. That has now been corrected online but I don’t know what appeared in the newspaper.

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DT 30589

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30589

Hints and tips by Senf

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

As Huntsman told us last Tuesday, once again he has temporarily left the environs of Harpenden, this time for the Florida Panhandle for the purpose of aerodynamic testing of small white spherical objects while avoiding the ‘gators. … Continue reading