March 12, 2026 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 3651

Toughie No 3651 by Donnybrook
Hints and tips by ALP

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BD Rating – Toughie difficulty ** Enjoyment ****

A Donnybrook with no linked clues? What’s the world coming to?! Nicely playful with a vaguely classical bent and great fun as always. All yours.

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DT 31185

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31185

Hints and Tips by Senf

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

A very good Thursday morning from Winnipeg where, yesterday, I had the annual ‘delight’ of bending over and taking it like a man for my urologist.  Still it was worth it; ‘Keep Calm And Carry On’ for another year!

For me, etc© (I have to say that for Terence), not half of a Dream Team Thursday, Mr Bringloe in the guise of Donnybrook is on Toughie duty, but no doubt that it is the work of the Master of Brevity.  The usual one word clues and answers in the Quickie, and appearances from the Queen and his swEetheart appearing in the back pager with an average of 5.25 words per clue.  Also, like Dada, Ray T seems to be making occasional use of a personal thesaurus.  I hope you have your Crimson Tomes at hand!

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