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DT 27693

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27693

Hints and tips by pommers

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

Hola from the Vega Baja where it’s a beautiful sunny morning but a bit too chilly for blog-writing outside.  You all know my track record in spotting setters but, for once, I’m going to stick my head above the parapet and say that this one is a RayT.  I know we had one last week but this has all the hallmarks – there’s a little bit of innuendo, no clue more than eight words, a couple of hidden answers (just for Kath), an initial letters clue and Her Majesty makes an appearance. On top of that I’ve just had a peek at the Quickie and all the clues are single words. I rest my case.

RayT or not it’s a bit tricky in places, and I slipped into *** time, but there are enough gimmes and anagrams to get you going. However, I found it very entertaining with a few ‘D’oh!’ moments so I’ll be interested in your views.

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ST 2776

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2776

A full review by crypticsue

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ****

This puzzle was published on Sunday, 28th December 2014

 

Another fine start to Sunday morning solving, thank you Virgilius.

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Toughie 1322

Toughie No 1322 by proXimal

And the pig got up and slowly walked away

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

I plodded rather than raced through this puzzle with each answer needing to be prised out but there was a sense of satisfaction in completing it. There did seem to be a lot of container/insertion type clues.
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DT 27692

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27692

Hints and tips by 2Kiwis

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

Our Pohutukawa trees which were a little late this year to deserve their title of New Zealand Christmas trees are now in full bloom. We have three vivid crimson beacons from our house to the river, and a spell of brilliant mid-summer weather too. Marvellous!

Jay delights and amuses us once again.

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DT 27691

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27691

Hints and tips by Gazza

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment **

There is a literary flavour to today’s puzzle with two novelists and a novel featuring in the answers. I started off at a rate of knots but slowed down in the SE corner and needed all the checkers for what I thought was the trickiest clue, 21d. On the whole it seemed pretty straightforward with nothing to set the world alight. Do let us know how you got on and what you thought of it.
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ST 2777 (Hints)

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2777 (Hints)

Hints and tips by Big Dave

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Only 14 days left to enter our January Prize Puzzle

As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a number of the more difficult clues and provide hints for them.

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DT 27689 (Hints)

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27689 (Hints)

Big Dave’s Saturday Crossword Club

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Have a go at our January Prize Puzzle – out today!

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.

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