Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26371
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Maybe it was just me, but I found this to be the toughest of the week so far.
Month: October 2010
Toughie 440
Toughie No 440 by Petitjean
A Dedicated Follower of Fashion
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
I enjoyed this puzzle by Petitjean much more than I had his last one. It doesn’t have as many obscurities and it has a nice variety of clues, with a mini-theme covering items of clothing. It does have what this week seems to be an obligatory homophone which doesn’t work.
Your comments are welcome as always, and please remember to show how much you enjoyed the puzzle by clicking on one of the stars below.
DT 26370
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26370
Hints and tips by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
I had a slight case of blogger’s nerves when I read the first few clues but soon settled down and thoroughly enjoyed Jay’s puzzle which has a very nice mix of clues including quite a few insertions and some very nice anagrams. Thanks to Jay for the very nice Wednesday work out – we do seem to be returning to the ‘old’ system where the difficulty increased on a daily basis with Friday being the ‘hardest’.
Toughie 439
Toughie No 439 by Cephas
Smooth progress
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
An easy puzzle today – many have already said easier than today’s regular cryptic.
DT 26369
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26369
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
This is a pleasant puzzle for a sunny morning and I’m assuming that it’s a Shamus production. It’s certainly a pangram and for once I found this useful, in filling in my last answer (11d). Comments, as always, are welcome.
To reveal an answer drag your cursor through the blank space between the brackets under the relevant clue.
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DT 26368
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26368
Hints and tips by Libellule
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
I don’t expect any of you to be in the Clueless Club today! This gets one star for difficulty. Still quite a fun crossword though.
As normal, if you do not know the answer, you can reveal it by highlighting the space between the curly brackets.
ST 2557 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2557 (Hints)
Hints and tips from Big Dave
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I’m off in a minute for the later stages of the Times Crossword Championship and will catch up on my return.
As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the better clues and provide hints for them.
NTSPP – 035 (Comments)
Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 035
A Puzzle by Biddle
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Welcome to the thirty fifth in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week we have a puzzle from Biddle that has a dig at my grumbles about certain answers that used to appear regularly in older Saturday Prize puzzles!
DT 26367 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26367 (Hints)
Big Dave’s Saturday Crossword Club
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I’ll be in the Kemble Brewery Inn, 27 Fairview St, Cheltenham, GL52 2JF from about 4.00pm today – come along and meet other solvers as well as some setters.
As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the better clues and provide hints for them.
Toughie 438
Toughie No 438 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Tilsit
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from Calderdale’s Finest NHS Facility, where I have been holidaying since last Friday’s blog. As usual with the Toughie, the Friday puzzle is the toughest of the week and with Osmosis, it’s usually one of the toughest of all. However, one or two clues today left me a bit cold, and seemed forced rather than O’s normal excellent surface reading. In addition there were a couple where the clue was forced to produce a good surface reading, which spoils the enjoyment for me. That turned the puzzle into a bit of a slog and I was relieved rather than satisfied after solving it.