A Puzzle by Coot
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Month: September 2023
DT 30419 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30419 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by crypticsue)
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Toughie 3140
Toughie No 3140 by Sparks
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment *****
The clever device using 5 symmetric pairs (see 21a) helps the solve a lot, if you spot it early
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DT 30418
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30418
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. Today was a very long day at work, so no time this week to search for pics, I’m afraid. I enjoyed this puzzle, where the use of every letter but X suggests that it’s the work of proximal. Continue reading "DT 30418"
DT Cryptic 30413 (full review)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30413
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 23rd Sep 2023
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. A very friendly and straightforward Saturday puzzle from Chalicea that I highly enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a review of the same for your kind perusal and valuable comment.… Continue reading
Toughie 3139
Toughie No 3139 by Django
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Django has given us a generous 32 clues in this enjoyable Toughie. Thanks to him.
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DT 30417
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30,417
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning. We appear to have avoided Storm Agnes here in Hertfordshire. I hope it has not been too severe where you are. Today’s puzzle was good fun with just a couple of slightly obscure words that slowed me down a bit.… Continue reading
EV1608 (Solution)
Toughie 3138
Toughie No 3138 by Robyn
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
DT 30416
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30416
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
Winter seems to have not quite finished with us yet. We have had a return to cold southerly conditions with gale force winds in Wellington that have even caused the cancellation of Cook Strait ferry sailings. Not what many people were expecting for the start of school holidays.… Continue reading