Toughie No 238 by Warbler
Hints and Tips by Tilsit
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Tilsit is currently being given the run-around at the hospital – being wheeled from department to department. He is hoping to be let out on parole for good behaviour this evening, and to be able to write the review then.
Sorry for the lateness with the posting but as Big Dave said, I have been ferried around the hospital in preparation for going home tomorrow. However, courtesy of a rather nice nurse, I was able to get all of today’s newspaper puzzles printed off and I was able to solve them while waiting for treatment. With the exception of today’s Independent puzzle by our old chum Elgar, this Toughie was the most enjoyable of them all.
It was quite a tough solve, though and some of the clues needed a bit of thinking outside the box. However the anagrams were nice and appropriate, although I don’t like “made up names” as in 26 across. There were also some good uses of present-day words and phrases, rather than some puzzles where you feel like you’re being transported back to the 1950’s. There were a couple of dodgy surface readings, though. Rather too many anagrams for my liking too.
Here we go. Have your say (some of you already have!) and / or rate the puzzle using the star system.