Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2637 (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.
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DT 26852 (Hints)
April 28, 2012 – 9:53 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26852 (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 762
April 27, 2012 – 2:31 pm
Toughie No 762 by Notabilis
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
Tilsit had forgotten that an ambulance was arriving this morning, so I have put this review together at short notice.
Another excellent puzzle from Notabilis. I thought afterwards that maybe I should have solved it more quickly than I did. The puzzle is littered with the usual superb clues, with a number of “Doh!” moments.
DT 26850
April 26, 2012 – 10:56 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26850
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
There’s little to be feared in today’s puzzle from Ray T as long as you ignore the surface readings and seek out the definitions.
Toughie 759
April 24, 2012 – 1:46 pm
Toughie No 759 by Dada
Yellow-bellied and dilapidated!
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
To date Dada’s Toughies have appeared on Thursday, Wednesday and Tuesday in that order. Today completes the second cycle, and what a wonderful puzzle this is. I’m yet to be convinced about 14 across, but there is much to enjoy among the rest of the clues, with the blue highlighter being liberally used.
DT 26844
April 19, 2012 – 10:50 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26844
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment **
Today’s Cryptic puzzle took me less time to complete than the “Quick” crossword. Old hands should zoom through this one, recognising a number of old chestnuts along the way.
Toughie 755
April 17, 2012 – 2:28 pm
Toughie No 755 by Shamus
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
This middle-of-the road, in terms of difficulty, Toughie was quite enjoyable. A number of the clues use bits of words, like a trio meaning the first three letters, but you get used to them.
ST 2635 (Hints)
April 15, 2012 – 1:15 pm
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2635 (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 26840 (Hints)
April 14, 2012 – 9:19 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26840 (Hints)
Big Dave’s Crossword Club
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Advance notice – Tilsit is organising a Northern Sloggers & Betters meeting on April 21st in Todmorden, West Yorkshire.
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 26838
April 12, 2012 – 10:54 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26838
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
This puzzle is not by Ray T (that’s for Brian and Co.). I’m fibbing (that’s for everyone else)!
Toughie 751
April 10, 2012 – 1:57 pm
Toughie No 751 by Warbler
Goodbye!
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
If you are in Scotland and have been given Toughie 758 by mistake, drop me a line and I’ll send you a pdf of today’s puzzle!
Warbler has given us the usual fairly easy start to the Toughie week. There are two sets of answers which are linked to 11 across and 19 down respectively.
ST 2634 (Hints)
April 8, 2012 – 11:52 am
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2634 (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 26834 (Hints)
April 7, 2012 – 9:50 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26834 (Hints)
Big Dave’s Crossword Club
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Advance notice – Tilsit is organising a Northern Sloggers & Betters meeting on April 21st in Todmorden, West Yorkshire. More information very soon.
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 26832
April 5, 2012 – 11:18 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26832
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Two puzzles from Ray T this week, and I get to review both of them (and I reviewed an Arachne Quiptic on fifteensquared)! A touch more innuendo than we have seen of late, but this is tame stuff by Ray’s normal standards. But we do get a visit from the Queen.
Toughie 747
April 3, 2012 – 2:02 pm
Toughie No 747 by Beam
A Ray of Sunshine on an Otherwise Gloomy Day
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Another fine puzzle from Ray T’s alter ego.
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