Toughie No 1012 by Shamus
Thursday’s are looking up!
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
This was trickier than I expected it to be. The time taken to work out the last few clues took me into 4* difficulty territory. I didn’t mind because it was a very enjoyable puzzle with some nice touches.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27227
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Yet another excellent puzzle from Ray T. Avoid the pitfalls and it’s not too difficult – fall into them and it could take all day!
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2698
A full review by gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Morning All! – Apologies for my absence last week, things got a bit hectic and BD kindly stepped in. This was another fine puzzle from Virgilius and included a lovely &Lit.
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Toughie No 1011 by Micawber
A Wicked Wednesday
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment *****
Glorious weather here in Devon, the first day of an Ashes series on the box and a Micawber puzzle to blog – could life get any better? This one wasn’t that difficult but is chock-full of his usual witty clues. Do let us know how you got on.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27226
Hints and tips by scchua
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BD Rating – Difficulty *+*/2 – Enjoyment ***
I’d rate this slightly more than 1.5* for difficulty, only because of the bit more involved construction of a few of the answers; and 3* for enjoyment. Thanks to Jay.
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Toughie No 1010 by Busman
Don’t know much about history
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ***
A couple of lazy anagram indicators (not and from), an obscure, for me, reference to ancient French literature and a technical flaw in 8 down, together with a grid which almost splits this into two separate puzzles, rather spoiled this otherwise enjoyable puzzle.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27225
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from a bright sunny South Staffs, with another hot day in prospect.
I started slowly on this one, but then things fell into place and I finished in ** time.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27224
Hints and tips by Libellule
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Scorchio! I don’t know why, but I struggled with the top left hand corner today, hence the three stars for difficulty. 13d was a new word (in that context) for me, but overall a pleasant solve, as you would expect on a Monday.
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2699 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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Don’t forget to have a go at our July Prize crossword.
As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the more difficult clues and provide hints for them.
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NTSPP – 178
A Puzzle by Marley
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