Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2558 (Hints)
Hints and tips from Big Dave
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the better clues and provide hints for them.
Month: October 2010
A Milestone & A Thankyou
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NTSPP – 036 (Comments)
Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 036
A Puzzle by Prolixic
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Welcome to the thirty sixth in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week the prolific Prolixic entertains us again.
DT 26373 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26373 (Hints)
Big Dave’s Saturday Crossword Club
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the better clues and provide hints for them.
Toughie 442
Toughie No 442 by Firefly
Extending the boundaries
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A good puzzle from Firefly that is a little let down by a handful of poor clues. At least it gives me an opportunity to include a favourite YouTube clip.
ST 2557
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2557
A full analysis by Peter Biddlecombe
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
A puzzle solved when I got home from the rigours of the toughest Times Crossword Championship final I can remember. However, now that I’ve looked up the results from 2000, which I remember as my best final in both results and speed terms, it turns out that my winning average time was just over 8 minutes a puzzle. Mark Goodliffe’s winning time on Sunday equated to 8:22 a puzzle.
DT 26372
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26372
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
I thought that this was a really entertaining Giovanni puzzle with a number of excellent clues, although, as is usual with Giovanni, there are also quite a few easy ones to get you started. Unusually there appear to be no religious references at all. Your views, in a comment, are most welcome.
To see an answer highlight the space between the brackets under the relevant clue.
Toughie 441
Toughie No 441 by Kcit
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A pleasant puzzle but not very difficult. Getting the two 15-letter anagrams at an early stage was a great help
RIP CluedUp
RIP CluedUp
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CluedUp is dead (as from next Tuesday), long live Telegraph Puzzles.
DT 26367
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26367
A full review by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
I really enjoyed this nice Saturday puzzle – it didn’t take me too long to solve and had a nice mix of clues. I always imagine that someone new to the DT Cryptic might start with a Saturday puzzle as they would have more time to work out how the clues work. This particular puzzle would be an ideal one for a novice, but didn’t disappoint this experienced solver either.