Toughie No 2728 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ****/***** – Enjoyment *****
A couple of clues pushed this into 5* difficulty for me.… Continue reading
Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
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BD Rating – Difficulty ****/***** – Enjoyment *****
A couple of clues pushed this into 5* difficulty for me.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
A Virgilius crossword with four fourteen letter clues always appears to take longer to sort out than most, but actually it didn’t take that long to solve at all.
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In response to a number of requests, I have added a page, The Usual Suspects, to the Crosswords section of the blog. This lists some of the wordplay elements commonly used in cryptic crosswords. I hope it proves to be useful, especially to newer solvers.
As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a number of the more difficult clues and provide hints for them.