Toughie No 1145 by Myops
Scotland’s Future?
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
Another terrific puzzle from one of my favourite setters.
Month: February 2014
DT 27425
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27425
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs on a grey drizzly morning, with a possibility of snow later if last night’s forecast is right.
A pangram from Giovanni this week, which I found testing but not as difficult as yesterday’s, though if I added in the time it took to parse 18d it would probably have gone into **** territory.
DT 27420
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27420
A full review by gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! I’m pretty sure that this is a Cephas production – some good anagram indicators to help with the surface readings and a couple of cryptic definitions that always make you smile (sometimes easy sometimes not!). Overall a quick but fun solve.
Toughie 1144
Toughie No 1144 by Shamus
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I filled in the two long answers immediately and thought that the puzzle was going to be a doddle. It turned out to be more difficult than that and some of the wordplay was quite testing.
ST 2731
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2731
A full review by gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Best puzzle of the week (again) for me. A tad harder than usual based on my solving time.
DT 27424
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27424
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from frigid Ottawa where the temperature is currently -15°C, but at least there is no wind. Today’s puzzle is undoubtedly from the mystery setter. I got off to a fast start, writing in several answers on the first scan through. However, progress quickly slowed to a crawl. A couple of clues required considerable research for someone from this side of the Atlantic.
Toughie 1143
Toughie No 1143 by Firefly
Brush Up Your Franglais
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ***
We have a theme today but it’s a theme with a twist; all the items may be found, not in 27a but in an anagram of 27a (indicated by ‘broken-down’). Luckily the anagram is a very well-known one.
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DT 27423
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27423
Hints and tips by scchua
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A slightly harder Wednesday puzzle, with a couple of clues holding me up a while in the NE corner. So, a slightly less than 2* for difficulty/3* for enjoyment. Thanks to Jay.
Toughie 1142
Toughie No 1142 by MynoT
Fairy Tales
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A gentle start to the week. At one time I thought this puzzle was going to put up quite a fight, but suddenly it all fell into place.
DT 27422
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27422
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment **
We actually have some sunshine in Devon this morning – can Spring be far away? I thought that this was fairly typical of Tuesdays currently – some well-constructed clues, not too easy but certainly not very hard, but nothing really to make me smile. Do chip in with your views!
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