Friday – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

DT 30262

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30262

Hints and tips by Mr K

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty **** Enjoyment ****

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday.  Today we have another challenging and enjoyable Friday puzzle. Continue reading "DT 30262"

DT 30256

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30256

Hints and tips by Mr K

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty **** Enjoyment ****

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday.  I found this puzzle above average in both difficulty and enjoyment, which I guess is what we hope for on a Friday. I felt that the difficulty here came not from complexity or obscurity but from clever misdirection, which requires much skill on the part of the setter. I hope that they will take a bow in the comments later today.  Continue reading "DT 30256"

DT 30250

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30250

Hints and tips by Mr K

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty *** Enjoyment ***

Hello, everyone, and welcome to an enjoyable Friday puzzle whose grid contains every letter in the alphabet except X. I’m afraid that work today has left no time to search for pictures. I will try to make up for the omission next week.  Continue reading "DT 30250"

DT 30238

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30238

Hints and tips by Mr K

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty **** Enjoyment ****

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. I enjoyed this puzzle a lot, although it took longer than usual to get a full grid. At one point I had the left-hand side complete and the right-hand side almost empty. In hindsight I’d say it’s because today’s setter is skilled at misdirection, but perhaps that’s just me. I look forward to reading how others found it.  Continue reading "DT 30238"

DT 30232

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30232

Hints and tips by Mr K

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty ** Enjoyment ***

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. I found today’s puzzle a lot more straightforward that last Friday’s memorable crossword.  Continue reading "DT 30232"

DT 30226

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30226

Hints and tips by Mr K

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty **** Enjoyment ***

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. I found today’s puzzle somewhere between chewy and tough, with both the grid fill and the parsing requiring quite a lot of head scratching.  Continue reading "DT 30226"

DT 30214

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30214
Hints and tips by Gazza

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

LetterBoxRoy has had more problems publishing his review this morning so I’ve produced some hints.

Thanks to the setter for the puzzle.

Please leave a comment telling us how you fared and what you thought of the puzzle.… Continue reading

DT 30208

Daily Telegraph No 30208

Hints & Tips by LetterboxRoy

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

Hello Everyone, me again

Thank you to Gazza for rescuing me last week and to Mr Kitty & Senf for their patience and support

I enjoyed the succinct cluing and clever surfaces, thank you setter Continue reading “DT 30208”

Toughie 2996

Toughie No 2996 by Sparks

Hints and Tips by crypticsue

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

Sparks set the toughest of Toughies, but it is so cold outside, what else were you going to do with your Friday morning? Continue reading “Toughie 2996”