December 12, 2025 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 3600

Toughie No 3600 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Gazza

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

Elgar provides his usual mixture of a few gimmes and quite a lot of head-scratchers. I enjoyed battling through it. Thanks to him.

The clue which gave me most problems was 4d and I’m not totally convinced that I understand the ‘shepherd’ bit so do shout out if you have a better idea than mine. [Deansleigh61 has come to the rescue with the correct parsing – see his comment] Continue reading “Toughie 3600”

DT 31103 (Full Review)

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31103

A full review by Rahmat Ali

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This puzzle was published on 6th December 2025

BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ****

Greetings from Kolkata. A truly brilliant and superb Saturday puzzle from NYDK that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a review of the same for your kind perusal and significant feedback. Continue reading “DT 31103 (Full Review)”