Toughie No 3210 by Serpent
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Month: January 2024
DT 30524
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30524
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
Another beautiful summer day here. It is the time for schools to restart for the new academic year so there are probably many school kids who are not so happy to have to return to a classroom instead of another day at the beach.… Continue reading
Sunday Toughie 104 (Review)
Sunday Toughie No 104 by
Robyn
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 20th of January 2024
ST 3248 (full review)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3248
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 21st Jan 2024
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata.… Continue reading
Toughie 3209
Toughie No 3209 by Dharma
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****
It is perhaps fitting, albeit daunting, for the not-so-young pretender to review his not-so-old predecessor, the mighty Stephen L Dharma.… Continue reading
DT 30523
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30523
Hints and tips by Huntsman
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Rain overnight and a drab looking start to the day here in Harpenden.… Continue reading
DT 30522
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30522
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from an unseasonably warm Ottawa. It is not quite T-shirt and shorts weather – but closer to it than to a normal Ottawa winter.… Continue reading
Rookie Corner 511
Sunday Toughie 105 (Hints)
Sunday Toughie No 105
by proXimal
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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I tripped through three-quarters of this quite quickly but came to a grinding halt in the SW. I don’t think I can parse two letters in 2d and await your retorts.
Thanks to proXimal for providing a nod to 20d ‘s It made my night when I realised he was talking about me (and others)
14a and 14d clues today and I have hinted half
Here we go, Folks…
EV 1627 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1627 (Hints)
The Missing Link by Gaston
Hints and tips by Phibs
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I cannot see the phrase ‘missing link’ without thinking of an episode in Jennings’ Diary, one of the series of wonderful school stories by Anthony Buckeridge. For Jennings, it represents the prized cuff link lost by Mr Wilkins which prompts him to note ‘Mr Wilkins – missing link’ in his diary. For the somewhat irascible Mr Wilkins, who chances to read this entry, it unfortunately conjures up ‘a picture of a sub-human anthropoid monster, swinging among the tree-tops in some dark prehistoric era.’ I wonder whether this puzzle will involve any flapping cuffs or simian species from the Great Chain of Being.