A Puzzle by Twmbarlwm
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
Month: April 2022
DT 29975 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29975 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club
Hosted by Senf
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
Hello, it’s me again. Sadly, Tilsit is off attending to a family bereavement.
Today, we have a pangram which would suggest a continuing ‘run’ for Cephas but I am only prepared to put half a crown of my five bob on it being one of his. … Continue reading
Toughie 2844
Toughie No 2844 by Notabilis
Hints and tips by Dutch
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
What a pleasure to blog a Notabilis again. A lovely puzzle full of clever misleads. Thanks CS for the illustration to 8d.
Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.… Continue reading
DT 29974
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29974
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from chilly, grey South Staffs.
A pretty standard Friday crossword for me, taking just into *** time.
In the hints below, the definitions are underlined.… Continue reading
DT 29969
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29969
A full review by Rahmat Ali
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
This puzzle was published on 23rd Apr 2022
BD Rating – Difficulty **– Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. Yet again, a friendly and straightforward Saturday puzzle from Cephas that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a review of the same for your kind perusal and important feedback.
Continue reading “DT 29969”
Toughie 2843
Toughie No 2843 by Firefly
Hints and tips by Gazza
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Firefly has given us a theme today – I counted ten eleven (Thanks to Jonners for correcting my counting) answers fitting the theme. Thanks to Firefly.… Continue reading
DT 29973
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29973
Hints and tips by StephenL
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning everyone from South Devon. After last Thursday’s appearance of Mr T, I wasn’t expecting to see him gracing our “pages” today but there’s no doubt that this is one of his. Continue reading “DT 29973”
EV 1535
Enigmatic Variations 1535
Painful Poems by Chalicea
Setter’s Blog
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
Toughie 2842
Toughie No 2842 by Logman
Hints and tips by crypticsue
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment *** Continue reading “Toughie 2842”
DT 29972
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29972
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
BD Rating – Difficulty ****– Enjoyment ***
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
Our pleasant autumn weather continues. Long may it last.
We note that Jay as Logman has set today’s Toughie so we can be pretty certain that this is by a different setter. We found it quite a lot harder than we are used to on a Wednesday with quite a lot of GK required in places.… Continue reading