August 23, 2010 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Guardian Quiptic

Guardian Quiptic

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Starting from today Fifteensquared, a site that covers the Guardian, Independent and Financial Times crosswords, is covering the Guardian Quiptic puzzle, an easier cryptic crossword that is published every Monday.  As this is targeted at less-experienced solvers, Fifteensquared have decided to use a style which is similar to that used on this site.  Anax suggested that they might further copy our style and conceal the answers, but as these are available on the same day there is less benefit than might otherwise have been the case.

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DT 26326

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26326

Hints and tips by Libellule

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BD Rating – Difficulty ** Enjoyment ***

Classic Rufus today, although 7d seems to raise a few questions about anagram indicators, placement and fodder.

If you are struggling to work out what the answer is from the hint, just highlight the space between the curly brackets.

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