Toughie No 1184 by Beam
A puzzle of two halves
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
This was definitely a puzzle of two halves for me. The left-hand side went in fairly quickly (no more than 2* difficulty) but I made very heavy weather of the right-hand side (about 5* difficulty). Even when I’d finally filled in the grid it took a long time to unravel the last 3 or 4 bits of wordplay