Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2759 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a number of the more difficult clues and provide hints for them.
Month: August 2014
NTSPP – 238
DT 27582 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27582 (Hints)
Big Dave’s Crossword Club
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, an assortment of clues, including some of the more difficult ones, have been selected and hints provided for them.
Toughie 1249
Toughie No 1249 by Elgar
What a difference a week makes!
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
It took me almost as long to unravel the wordplay in some of these clues as it did to complete the puzzle – hence the 5-star difficulty level. This puzzle was in a different league to last Friday’s offering.
DT 27581
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27581
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs on a cloudy but dry morning.
One of those grids which produces four mini puzzles. 12a held me up long enough to make this *** for difficulty.
DT 27576
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27576
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/***– Enjoyment ***
This puzzle was published on Saturday, 23rd August 2014
A lot of moans and groans on the day about difficulty and enjoyment level, with comparisons being made with the previous week’s prize puzzle. Having written the reviews for both probably makes me in a good position to compare and contrast – I didn’t find a lot of difference – both took me the same time to solve and the enjoyment rating is the same. Spotting that this one is a pangram and smiling at some of the grumpy comments did add to the entertainment.
Toughie 1248
Toughie No 1248 by MynoT
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
I found this to be very gentle fare. I suffered no hold-ups and very little thought was needed to unravel the wordplay
DT 27580
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27580
Hints and tips by archy and mehitabel
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment **
Hola from the Vega Baja and Oxford. The weather in Spain is still blistering hot (38C yesterday) but poor Oxford grey and drizzle with a bit of an Auntmnal feel this morning.
Yesterday it was scchua’s swansong and today it’s ours. The alleycat has decided that, as she’s really a reincarnation of the Great Queen Cleopatra, it is beneath her dignity to be seen consorting with a mere cockroach, even one with the soul of a free-verse poet. She’s now going off to search out a suitable aristocat and has graciously appointed Kath to pick up the pieces on a Thursday. For my part, I think I must have been watching too many old episodes of Star Trek as it’s inspired me to go on a search for a speech operated computer so I don’t have to keep bashing my head on the keyboard. In future you’ll just have to put up with pommers sharing the Thursday slot with Kath and Falcon. We’ve both enjoyed doing the blog together but now it’s time to move on, but . . . We’ll be back!
Anyway, on to the crossword. We both thought this was a tricky little rascal for us to finish on and with some rather dodgy definitions and wordplay so we’ve gone for **** difficulty and only ** enjoyment. It will be interesting to see your comments as when I say it’s hard everyone else usually says it’s easy-peasy and vice versa. Must be a wavelength thing.
ST 2757
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2757
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****
This puzzle was published on Sunday, 17th August 2014
It didn’t take me long to solve this Sunday puzzle but, as usual, much fun was had while doing so.