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Toughie 332

Toughie No 332 by Giovanni

A Blast from the Past

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BD Rating – Difficulty ****Enjoyment ***

You need to be of a certain age to remember some of the references in this puzzle. We have a U.S. statesman from the 1960s and a cricketer who played his last test match in 1961. This certainly qualified as a Toughie in terms of difficulty, but it was a bit disappointing for a Giovanni, with a scarcity of “Aha” moments and some less than smooth surface readings.
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