Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26163
A full analysis by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
It’s always worth checking the Saturday Prize puzzle to see if a pangram (all 26 letters of the alphabet) is in the offing. As soon as you spot two or three of the letters J, Q, V, X and Z then there is a good chance that, like today, the others may be lurking in the undergrowth. This was a pleasant puzzle and the improvements, over the year that we have been writing reviews, has been noticeable. As ever my complaint is that I, and many others, would prefer a more difficult puzzle.
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Today’s puzzles
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Phil McNeill, the Telegraph Puzzles editor, has sent me both of today’s puzzles in pdf format and has kindly given permission for me to publish them here on the blog. These files are exactly as published in the paper, incuding the Quick crossword and yesterday’s answers.
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Toughie No 305 by Giovanni
The Big Sleep
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *
This is the worst Giovanni puzzle that I can remember.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26167
Hints and tips by Libellule
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
Its general knowledge cryptic crossword time again. An interesting, if not overly complicated puzzle which on reflection wasn’t too bad, but I can’t get excited about it. There are as usual a few issues which I have highlighted in the blog.
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If you highlight the area between the curly brackets you can reveal the full answer.
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