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Toughie No 2600 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
An easier (relatively speaking) puzzle from Elgar today with particularly clever references to Joe Root and Gareth Southgate. No Nina.
Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29609
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from a bright, sunny South Staffs. Still another seven weeks (at least) before I can get a haircut: I’m beginning to feel like that Australian sheep which was featured this week!… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29604
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 20th February 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A fairly friendly Saturday Prize Puzzle Continue reading “DT 29604”
Toughie No 2599 by Beam
Hints and tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A Beam Toughie with, I thought, a couple of bits of extra sneakiness this time. Continue reading “Toughie 2599”
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29608
Hints and tips by Miffypops
I’m not here to be perfect. I’m here to be me
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Oh how I love to see a bung in at one across. A mood setter and a boost to ones confidence.… Continue reading
Enigmatic Variations 1474
The Mover and the Lover by Ifor
Setter’s Blog
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Toughie No 2598 by Stick Insect
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
I took a little while to get going with this one but once I had a few footholds the answers went in at a rate of knots.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29607
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
BD Rating – Difficulty **– Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
We’ve had a very busy couple of days as we have been having ‘The Bach’ re-roofed. We have been allowed to help with the fetch and carry and unskilled bits of the operation. Ross, the expert roofer, is dealing with the finishing touches as we write this.… Continue reading
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3095
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 14th February 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Another enjoyable Sunday Prize Puzzle Continue reading “ST 3095”
Toughie No 2597 by Silvanus
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Silvanus has definitely settled in to the, usually Floughie, Tuesday slot and, 21 Down apart, this was an easy solve. I would be interested to know if non-UK solvers knew about the cartoon couple in 8 Down. Continue reading “Toughie 2597”