Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30786
Hints and tips by Smylers
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Hello to everybody attempting today’s Telegraph cryptic crossword. If you get stuck, or you have an answer but you aren’t sure why it’s the answer, then the hints below should help. (If they don’t, then that’s my fault; do leave a comment saying what’s unclear, and somebody from the friendly community here will explain whatever it is I didn’t.)
Usually Monday is the only day of the week in which I both work from home and don’t walk the 10-year-old to school, which is handy for fitting in pre-work solving and bloggling. But today I need to head into the office, so apologies for the lack of pictures below. (Alternatively, if I did find time to add some pictures, apologies for leaving in the previous sentence, which I failed to remove. I’m writing this introduction on Sunday, before I’ve even seen the puzzle.)
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Toughie No 3384 by Elgar
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30779
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 23rd November 2024
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. A pleasant and straightforward Saturday puzzle from NYDK that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a review of the same for your kind perusal and significant feedback.
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Toughie No 3383 by Django
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Django is as entertaining and quirky as ever with quite a few gimmes thrown in to help us. Many thanks to him.
Please leave a comment telling us how you fared and what you liked about the puzzle.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30783
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning. Back to my usual Thursday slot and a nicely challenging puzzle to keep us all on our toes.
Quite a few clues involve adding, removing or swapping letters, so it pays to follow the wordplay carefully. A bit of GK is required at 13a, 8d, 12d & 20d, but nothing too tricky. I think 14a is a lovely anagram and we are treated to smooth surface reads virtually throughout.
In the blog below, the definition element of each clue has been underlined, anagrams are CAPITALISED and the crossword technique “indicator words” are in brackets. The answers are concealed under the “Click Here” buttons. Please leave a comment telling us how you got on and what you thought of the puzzle. Please also try to be positive – it’s only a bit of fun.
Thank you, setter.
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Toughie No 3382 by Weatherman
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30782
Hints and tips by Senf
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****
A very good Wednesday morning from Winnipeg. Well, after several feeble attempts over four or five days, Mother Nature finally gave us some snow starting two days ago – around 2cms, nothing like the amounts to the west of us.… Continue reading
Sunday Toughie No 147 by Zandio
Review by
Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 17th November
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