Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3075 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg, where, on the first day of Autumn (Tuesday), we had a very Summery 30 degrees!
Keep staying safe everyone.
Dada is quirky again this week, with a sprinkling of Hmms – I counted three anagrams (two of which were partials), one lurker, and three homophones – all in an asymmetric 29 clues, with 16 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues.… Continue reading
A Puzzle by Simon
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Continue reading “NTSPP – 555”
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29479 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club
Hosted by Tilsit
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Morning everyone!
Thanks to BD for stepping in last week. Afraid as I am working today, it’s going to be a brief blog.
A very agreeable challenge today which contained one or two little stings in the tail. The four long answers should give a foothold into the puzzle and help you on your way. Continue reading “DT 29479 (Hints)”
Toughie No 2513 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
The Nina helped me identify the Labour Minister. It reminded me of a caption I saw recently for a soldier in camouflage fatigues wearing a hi-vis jacket. As an optional extra, 20a invites us to play a little game, with the Nina suggesting one example can already be seen in the answer here.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29478
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs on a sunny September morning.
I only time my crossword solving when I am blogging, because I use the paper version the reswt of the week, but today’s puzzle was the fastest solve that I can recall – and judging from the number of people appearing on the leaderboard last night, there were plenty of others who would agree.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29473
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 19th September 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
An enjoyable Saturday puzzle and, with a fair amount to make you smile when solving, possibly one of the easier weeks to play Guess the Setter
Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.… Continue reading
Toughie No 2512 by Beam
Hints and tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A Beam Toughie with all his usual trademarks, Continue reading “Toughie 2512”
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29477
Hints and tips by Miffypops
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from Barrel where Saint Sharon and I now spend our days in glorious retirement building sheds, landscaping the garden, erecting fencing, laying paths and seeding one half of a lawn and turfing the other half (Green side up Sharon, green side up) Eight face panels to go, one last stretch of paving, the shed roof to felt and that he said is that. Possibly. At least I get a couple of beers in the late afternoon as a reward, usually at The Barn in Willey. Continue reading “DT 29477”
Enigmatic Variations 1452
Bridges
Setter’s Blog by X-Type
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Toughie No 2511 by Hudson
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
There’s a lot of GK in this puzzle but most of it is fairly accessible (though I repeat what I said last week about some clues offering more difficulties for overseas solvers).… Continue reading