March 14, 2025 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 3444

Toughie No 3444 by Sparks
Hints and tips by Gazza

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

Thanks to Sparks for the enjoyable Friday Toughie. He very often gives us something extra in the grid – I can’t see anything today (the only letters missing are J, Q, X and Z which are the four highest Scrabble scorers but I doubt whether that’s significant). Have you spotted anything?
Update: See the comment from Retiefus below – the Nina starts at the final character of 3d. Continue reading “Toughie 3444”

DT 30869 (full review)

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30869

A full review by Rahmat Ali

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This puzzle was published on 8th March 2025

BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

Greetings from Kolkata. A great Saturday puzzle from NYDK that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a review of the same for your kind perusal and precious comments.
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