Toughie No 562 by Elgar
Be scared! Be very very scared!
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
It’s that day of the month, when ladders are left alone and black cats are encouraged to go walking, and we have a cracking themed puzzle from Elgar to celebrate the day and its number.
Lots of amusing clues and presumably the Telegraph lawyers felt comfortable with 10 across 1 down (the numbering on the web print is wrong, by the way). I prefer Hammer Films to the modern gory trend of horror films so had to Google a couple of the answers to check them out. And any excuse to play one of my favourite singers’ version of a certain song is fine by me! Thanks to Elgar for one of his best-ever Toughies, although I suspect solvers abroad may not agree with me.