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Prize Puzzle – August 2014

Monthly Prize Puzzle No 27 (August 2014) by Prolixic

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Why not have a go at our latest Monthly Prize Puzzle?  The winner will receive a copy of Chambers Dictionary (13th Edition) kindly donated by the publisher.

Please note that, due to punitive postal charges, while the competition is open to all, the prize is only available to UK solvers.

A review will follow after the closing date (16th August 2014).

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Toughie 1233

Toughie No 1233 by Elgar

Kipper Me Capstans!

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

Tilsit is on his hols giving me a rare opportunity to tussle with Elgar – and a thoroughly enjoyable tussle it was. He’s possibly not yet back to full ‘Cloggie’ mode but this puzzle is chock full of wonderful penny drop moments.
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DT 27557

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27557

Hints and tips by Deep Threat

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

Good morning from South Staffs, where the sun is trying to break through the overnight cloud.

No great problems from Giovanni this morning, hence ** difficulty for me.

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DT 27552

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27552

A full review by crypticsue

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

This puzzle was published on Saturday, 26th July 2014

I was  slow to get started with this one,  but, in the end, thought it a  fairly typical Saturday Prize Puzzle.

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Toughie 1232

Toughie No 1232 by Osmosis

Hints and tips by Bufo

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

This is the first Osmosis puzzle that I’ve had to blog in a long time and I enjoyed it. I made steady progress with only the SW corner causing a temporary halt.

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ST 2753

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2753

A full review by crypticsue

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

This puzzle was published on Sunday, 20th July 2014

Trickier than the previous few Sundays but the usual  real treat of a solve.

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DT 27556

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27556

Hints and tips by Falcon

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

Greetings from a wet and very cool Ottawa. We were having quite a pleasant summer up until a week or two ago, but lately the lovely weather seems to have decided to go elsewhere.

Today’s workout did not work up much of a sweat, but I did find it quite enjoyable while it lasted. It would appear be Mr. Ron in the setter’s seat today as the puzzle bears none of the telltale marks of RayT.
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Toughie 1231

Toughie No 1231 by Giovanni

You’ve Got To Pick a Pocket or Two

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

There were one or two clues that needed a bit of thought but on the whole this was a fairly straightforward Toughie.
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Toughie 1230

Toughie No 1230 by Shamus

Hints and tips by Toro

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

A straightforward but rather good (I thought) puzzle from Shamus today. Apologies for the delay in posting and the lack of multimedia enrichment but work meant I wasn’t able to start until after the usual posting time.

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