Toughie No 2218 by Sparks
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Congratulations Sparks! (see Nina). Time to open a couple of Spanish wines. It took a short while to get into this puzzle but it soon flowed smoothly.
Definitions are underlined as usual.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29035
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs where the sun is trying to break through the early morning cloud.
Today’s Giovanni took me a little longer than some of the puzzles I have blogged recently, but as always the wordplay enables the solver to get to the more obscure answers.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29030
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 20th April 2019
BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
I quite enjoyed solving this – I wasn’t even put off the solving process by three separate emails from a certain pub landlord about three of the clues – but then as I typed the review, I did find that, on many occasions, if I wasn’t sorting out an anagram, I seemed to be inserting something into something else, and in one case, inserting something into an anagram.… Continue reading