Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29601
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
BD Rating – Difficulty ***– Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
Last weekend it was detected that some sneaky Covid 19 greeblies had managed to get through our strict border controls. The country immediately went into lockdown. Level 3 for Auckland and Level 2 for the rest of the country.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29599
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** / *** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from Ottawa, where the situation is beginning to look somewhat more positive. Weatherwise, we have been experiencing a run of extremely cold temperatures — but, thankfully, no where near the brutal conditions being faced by Senf further to the west.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29598 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club
Hosted by Tilsit
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Greetings from a sunny but bitterly cold Warrington. Continue reading “DT 29598 (Hints)”
Toughie No 2592 by Sparks
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ****
A most pleasant puzzle by Sparks with some geography and a touch of GK. And, of course, a most pleasing Nina
Definitions are underlined as always and indicators are italicized.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29597
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs, where the day began with a brief display by ‘rosy-fingered Dawn’ which has now faded to grey.
There was nothing particularly tricky for me in this morning’s puzzle, though I suspect I can hear Brian warming up for another diatribe about ‘religious’ content!… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29592
A full review by gnomethang
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This puzzle was published on 6th February 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! I found this quite enjoyable and tricky to parse in places.
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Toughie No 2591 by proXimal
Hints and tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
A nice friendly proXimal Toughie for another snowy day in lockdown. Continue reading “Toughie 2591”
Toughie No 2590 by Hudson
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Thanks to Hudson for a very enjoyable puzzle which wasn’t too tricky but contains some great clues and produced a number of chuckles. There are a couple of references which may be more difficult for non-UK solvers.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29595
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
BD Rating – Difficulty ***– Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
Our spell of beautiful fine weather has been briefly interrupted by a very welcome short period of rain. Forecast tells us we will be back to fine again tomorrow.
A busy day for us as it started off at the hospital for a laser operation to treat glaucoma in one of Colin’s eyes.… Continue reading