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DT 30312

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30312

Hints and tips by pommers

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ****

Hola from Almoradí where we’ve been having quite a bit of rain and cool temperatures over the last couple of weeks. I think the weather has been better in the UK, which often happens in May.  Still, forecast to have normal service back by the end of the week.

Today’s puzzle is well up to the usual Monday standard.  There’s a few gimmes to give you a good start but there’s also a few tricky little rascals so I’ve gone for *** difficulty. I’ll be interested to see who agrees and who thinks it was a breeze.
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DT 30305 (full review)

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30305

A full review by Rahmat Ali

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This puzzle was published on 20th May 2023

BD Rating – Difficulty * Enjoyment ****

Greetings from Kolkata. A very friendly and straightforward Saturday puzzle from X-Type that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a review of the same for your kind perusal and valuable feedback.Continue reading

Toughie 3067

Toughie No 3067 by Silvanus
Hints and tips by Gazza

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ****

A fairly straightforward but very entertaining puzzle which I made more difficult than I should have down South by writing the 14d answer in the 15d space which gave me problems until I twigged what I’d done.Continue reading

DT 30308

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30308

Hints and tips by 2Kiwis

BD Rating – Difficulty ** Enjoyment ****

Kia ora from Aotearoa.

A beautifully fine, calm, winter’s day here and an enjoyable Wednesday Cryptic to go with it.
What more could one want?

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1a      I run, held by father’s braces (5)
PAIRS : An informal word for father with ‘S contains ‘I’ from the clue and the cricket abbreviation for a run.… Continue reading

DT 30307

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30307
Hints and tips by Huntsman

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BD Rating – Difficulty **  –  Enjoyment ***

A lovely sunny day here in Harpenden that’s just begging for a good walk. Unfortunately I’ve an afternoon in the Royal Free Hospital for a venesection (Tony Hancock’s armful) followed by the joys of an infusion of Zoledronic acid but I may take a stroll on Hampstead Heath afterwards if not too cream crackered

A largely straightforward Tuesday offering – perfectly pleasant & nicely clued throughout.… Continue reading

DT 30306

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30306

Hints and tips by Falcon

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BD Rating – Difficulty *Enjoyment ***

Greetings from Ottawa, where we are in the midst of the Canadian Tulip Festival, an annual event in which over one million tulips bloom throughout the city. The festival is a major tourist attraction drawing over 650,000 visitors annually.… Continue reading