Toughie No 3032 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
Joy, we have a 7-word Nina today. 5* time but steady progress. Enjoy. Continue reading “Toughie 3032”
Tag: Solutions
DT 30256
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30256
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty **** - Enjoyment ****
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. I found this puzzle above average in both difficulty and enjoyment, which I guess is what we hope for on a Friday. I felt that the difficulty here came not from complexity or obscurity but from clever misdirection, which requires much skill on the part of the setter. I hope that they will take a bow in the comments later today. Continue reading "DT 30256"
Toughie 3031
Toughie No 3031 by Silvanus
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Silvanus is not too tricky today but the enjoyment factor is as high as ever. I had problems in keeping my ‘likes’ down to a manageable level. Thanks to him.… Continue reading
DT No 30255
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30255
Hints and tips by StephenL
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning everyone from a blustery South Devon coast.
EV1581 (Setter’s Blog)
Toughie 3030
Toughie No 3030 by Musaeus
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
The Wednesday Toughie this week is provided by Musaeus. Continue reading “Toughie 3030”
DT 30254
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30254
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
Today our thoughts go back to a day in May 2015. We were visiting the UK and staying in Oxford for a couple of days with our good friend Kath, from the blog. Big Dave and Pam and several others from the blog came to visit and we all had an enjoyable day together.… Continue reading
Sunday Toughie 59 (Review)
Sunday Toughie No 59 by proXimal
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 12th of March 2023
Toughie No 3029
Toughie No 3029 by Dada
Hints and tips by StephenL
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***/****
Hello everyone from a bright and breezy South Devon coast.
DT 30253
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30253
Hints and tips by Twmbarlwm
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****/*****
Good morning. A superb example of a crossword with clues that are elegant and concise, deceptive but fair, and with consistently amusing surface readings. Continue reading “DT 30253”