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DT 27994

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27994

A full review by gnomethang

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BD Rating – Difficulty ** Enjoyment ***

This puzzle was published on Saturday, 26th December 2015

Evening All! I am really late on this review due to personal excesses over the Christmas and New Year Periods. My apologies. We had a nice NINA of ‘FEAST OF STEPHEN’  (this being such a date!) hidden in the unchecked letters on the Left and Right of the finished solution. THEN when we looked at the Across and Down clues we noticed that the initial letters of the clues (an acrostic) also spelled out the same. Well done the setter.

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DT 27994 (Hints)

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27994 (Hints)

Big Dave’s Saturday Crossword Club

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I hope you all enjoyed Christmas – over 3,000 of you found time to check into the blog yesterday!

As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, an assortment of clues, including some of the more difficult ones, have been selected and hints provided for them.

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