Toughie No 1217 by Elgar
For the man without whom…*
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
It has been six weeks since we had a visit from Vlad the Impaler and he makes a welcome return with a right proper Toughie. Took a while to get going – I had a couple of clues solved and then stared at the grid for longer than it took me to solve Tuesday’s ‘Toughie’!. Once I got on to Elgar’s ‘wavelength’ it slowly but surely all fell into place. Lots of clever sneakiness in the clues and so, even if I incur the wrath of the “favourites police”, I’m going to go ahead and admit that I have five favourites today.