February 24, 2017 – Big Dave's Beta Retreat

Toughie 1767

Toughie No 1767 by Osmosis

Hints and tips by crypticsue

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[I don’t know what’s happened to today’s Toughie blog or who’s meant to be providing it, but in the meantime I’m putting up this stub so that people can post comments and queries about it without using the back-page blog. Gazza]

Thank you to Gazza – what follows has been bashed out at speed and more than likely contains multiple errors but I’m working on the better something than nothing theory.… Continue reading

DT 28359

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28359

Hints and tips by Deep Threat

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Good morning from a sunny South Staffs. Storm Doris has blown away, leaving us, fortunately, with just a couple of small branches to clear up: others in the region have been rather worse affected.

Giovanni’s unusual word count is back up this week, after a couple of more gentle offerings, but the wordplay should enable solvers to arrive at the answer.… Continue reading

DT 28354

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28348

A full review by crypticsue

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This puzzle was published on Saturday 18th February

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The recent improvement in Saturday Prize Puzzles was in evidence again last Saturday.  Long may it continue.  

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