July 25, 2024 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 3311

Toughie No 3311 by Beam
Hints and tips by Gazza

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

A pretty straightforward puzzle from Beam – thanks to him.

As I may have said before there’s little difference in difficulty (apart from the absence of anagrams in the latter) between Ray T’s back-pagers and Beam’s Toughies. Beam’s self-imposed restriction on the length of his clues does make it rather difficult to incorporate complex wordplay.
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DT 30675

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30675
Hints and tips by Shabbo

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

After yesterday’s somewhat quirky and controversial puzzle (which I quite enjoyed, incidentally), it  was back to normal with a proper Thursday puzzle. … Continue reading