Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26733
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I am not expecting anybody to need the blog today…
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DT 26727
December 5, 2011 – 10:00 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26727
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Pretty straight forward stuff today from Rufus, but still as entertaining as ever.
DT 26721
November 28, 2011 – 10:20 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26721
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This crossword from Rufus gets five stars for enjoyment. Because it is 25 years since his first Telegraph crossword was published. So I would like to add my congratulations to what I suspect will be many.
DT 26715
November 21, 2011 – 10:14 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26715
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A very enjoyable crossword from Rufus to start the week.
DT 26709
November 14, 2011 – 9:56 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26709
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Standard stuff from Rufus this morning although I didn’t think the cryptic defintions were as good as usual. I also had to do some serious thinking to remember the phrase at 8a.
DT 26706
November 10, 2011 – 10:34 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26706
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I quite enjoyed doing the crossword, but became more and more cranky about it when I was putting the blog together. In fact so much so that it was a struggle to finish it. It wasn’t that the various constructs used in the clues are particularly difficult to extract, but more because the wordplay used seems so repetitive and “bitty”. At one point I did start looking for a pangram, but it’s not.
DT 26697
October 31, 2011 – 9:17 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26697
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What a difference the extra hour makes. I did the crossword in nice bright sunshine this morning. Nowhere near as good as last weeks, but still relatively enjoyable all the same. Favourite clue 28a.
DT 26691
October 24, 2011 – 10:02 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26691
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After doing yesterday’s excellent crossword late in the afternoon sat outside in the sunshine with a glass of wine, I got to do this equally excellent crossword from Rufus this morning in the dark and cold with a cup of tea. I thought this was a bit harder and more trickier than we usually get on a Monday morning but that didn’t detract from my enjoyment. Last corner to fall was the NE with 1a and 2d holding me up for a little while.
DT 26685
October 17, 2011 – 10:12 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26685
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A usual Monday crossword from Rufus that should be enjoyed by most. My only niggle is that its a bit of a cornery grid. I will not try to comment on what happened in the semi-final on Saturday, but even in France, the French think the wrong team won.
DT 26680
October 11, 2011 – 10:25 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26680
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A big thank you to Gazza for stepping in to do the blog yesterday. I had to take an “emergency” trip to the dentist after losing a large filling.
I quite enjoyed doing the crossword today, but thought it was awkward to write up. Probably due to a lot of clues using the start or end letters of various words.
DT 26673
October 3, 2011 – 9:54 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26673
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A pleasant return to my usual Monday morning slot with a typical crossword from Rufus.
DT 26671
September 30, 2011 – 10:27 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26671
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I thought this was a bit trickier crossword than usual from Giovanni (not that it spoilt my enjoyment) and would be interested in opinions. As is usual on a blogging day it seemed to take ages to get access to the Telegraph Puzzles site to both to print a copy and then check the answers. Bah humbug!
DT 26659
September 16, 2011 – 10:40 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26659
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There is no need to check your calendars, it is Friday. Gazza needs to do something else this morning, so I am standing in for him. I struggled with this crossword from Giovanni in places and thought it was harder than normal. But that might be down to the blogging pressure and continued fun and games with the Telegraphs crossword site.
DT 26655
September 12, 2011 – 9:38 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26655
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An OK crossword today, but not I think Rufus at his best.
DT 26649
September 5, 2011 – 9:16 am
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26649
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Many thanks to the maestro for my usual Monday mormimg entertainment.
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