February 28, 2025 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 3436

Toughie No 3436 by Karla
Hints and tips by Gazza

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

Karla makes a very welcome visit to the Friday Toughie slot – many thanks to him for the enjoyable challenge.
The right-hand side went in pretty quickly for me but the left slowed me down. I didn’t know the 9a record, the 1d plum or the 18a mammal but all were very fairly clued.
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DT 30857 (full review)

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30857

A full review by Rahmat Ali

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This puzzle was published on 22nd February 2025

BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ****

Greetings from Kolkata. A nice, lovely Saturday puzzle from NYDK that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a review of the same for your kind perusal and significant feedback.
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