January 24, 2025 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 3416

Toughie  No 3416 by Elgar

Hints and Tips by crypticsue

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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty *****+Enjoyment ****

Another brain-mangler from Elgar – but then what else were you going to do while waiting for Storm Éowyn to go away?  This one has a theme with several multi-word clues spread across the grid.

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DT 30832

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30832

Hints and tips by Mr K

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty *** Enjoyment ***

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. Today’s offering was an incomplete for me, because I can’t get the Quickie pun and I’m not sure about the parsing of 21a. Trying to solve and hint on a plane was probably not the wisest idea. But I’m sure that the commentariat will assist with both issues.  Continue reading "DT 30832"