Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2639 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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As the Telegraph Puzzles site is still down, today’s hints will be somewhat delayed while I try to get hold of a copy of the newspaper.
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DT 26870 (Hints)
May 19, 2012 – 10:00 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26870 (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 774
May 18, 2012 – 1:44 pm
Toughie No 774 by Myops
Heavens above!
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment *****
Tilsit is still in hospital waiting patiently for his operation so he has handed the baton to me.
It’s always a pleasure to review a Myops Toughie as you get the chance to enjoy it twice over. The blue highlighter is out in force today!
DT 26868
May 17, 2012 – 11:13 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26868
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A pleasant but not very taxing puzzle today.
I’ve made a few changes to the site in order to try and speed up the page load time – all statistical widgets can be found on the Statistics page and other widgets have been selected to only occur on certain pages. There’s also an events widget that links to up and coming events like the Sloggers & Betters meeting in London on 30th May.
Toughie 771
May 15, 2012 – 2:45 pm
Toughie No 771 by Osmosis
He’s a rebel!
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
Osmosis makes a legitimate return after sneakily being released in the newspaper instead of Warbler a few weeks ago. As Toughies go, this was fair to middling in difficulty, but I’m not a great fan of some of the wordplay used.
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ST 2639 (Hints)
May 13, 2012 – 1:20 pm
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2639 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the more difficult clues and provide hints for them.
DT 26864 (Hints)
May 12, 2012 – 10:03 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26864 (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.
DT 26862
May 10, 2012 – 10:55 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26862
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Ray T is back! I thought this was one of his easier puzzles, but feel free to disagree. Just a little bit of innuendo and a brief visit from the Queen this time
The All New Toughie Crossword Book
May 9, 2012 – 1:14 pm
The All New Toughie Crossword Book
100 of the most difficult crosswords
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The Telegraph has just released two books of Toughie Crosswords, covering the first 200 Toughie puzzles. I was pleased to see that, in his Editor’s Note, Phil McNeill describes Elgar as being “known to his fans as ‘Vlad the Impaler’”. You read that here for the first time in a comment that I made back in July 2011.
Toughie 767
May 8, 2012 – 2:00 pm
Toughie No 767 by Warbler
George, Harris and Jerome (To Say Nothing of Montmorency)
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
I’m not used to getting puzzles this good on a Tuesday! This was a real tour de force from Warbler – with a number of traps for the unwary (me!) in clues like 11a, 14a and 17d, to name but three.
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May 6, 2012 – 11:14 pm
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ST 2638 (Hints)
May 6, 2012 – 12:25 pm
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2638 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the more difficult clues and provide hints for them.
Email Subscriptions
May 5, 2012 – 4:27 pm
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Unfortunately it was not possible to transfer email subscriptions across to the new site, so it is necessary to resubscribe using the Email Subscription widgert in the sidebar.
DT 26858 (Hints)
May 5, 2012 – 9:43 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26858 (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.
DT 26856
May 3, 2012 – 11:24 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26856
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
As this is definitely not one of Ray T’s puzzles, the sporting and music references (and the slightly harder-than-usual Quick crossword) suggest that Petitjean is today’s setter. Let’s hope he chooses today to leave his second comment on the blog, then we’ll know for sure.
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