NTSPP – 340
A Puzzle by Chalicea
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DT 28192 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28192 (Hints)
Big Dave’s Saturday Crossword Club
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, an assortment of clues, including some of the more difficult ones, have been selected and hints provided for them.
Toughie 1655
Toughie No 1655 by Osmosis
Watch out – The Grumpy Old Man is back!
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment **
Dutch will be away for the next three Fridays, and you will have a different blogger for each of them.… Continue reading
DT 28191
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28191
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs where the sun is making occasional appearances through the clouds.… Continue reading
DT 28186
Daily Telegraph No 28186
A full review by gnomethang
This puzzle was published on 6th August 2016
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BD Rating – Difficulty **- Enjoyment ***
Morning All! – A two star difficulty puzzle that was quite enjoyable. Back with the Downs later on this morning!
Toughie 1654
Toughie No 1654 by Beam
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
The NW and SE corners went in without too much difficulty but then I struggled with the other two corners (although I did miss a couple of gimmes which would have got me going on them).… Continue reading
DT 28190
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28190
Hints and tips by Kath
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BD Rating — Difficulty ** — Enjoyment ****
Hello everyone – me again. This is definitely not a Ray T Thursday.… Continue reading
ST 2859
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2859
A full review by gnomethang
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This puzzle was published on Sunday 31st July
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Morning All! There were, as usual, some lovely simple clues with great surface readings here and much to recommend to someone new to cryptic crosswords.
Please leave a comment telling us what you thought. You can also add your assessment by selecting from one to five stars at the bottom of the post. Continue reading “ST 2859”
Toughie 1653
Toughie No 1653 by Kcit
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
We have only two anagrams today but the puzzle has a lot of container/insertion type clues and many where we have to delete one or two letters.… Continue reading
DT 28189
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28189
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***– Enjoyment ****
What are we going to talk about this week?… Continue reading