Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26526
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
Definitely not by Ray T, I didn’t enjoy this very much.
Month: April 2011
Toughie 544
Toughie No 544 by Petitjean
Oh me, oh my!
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
If you can get the three long anagrams early then this puzzle is not too difficult though I had a few niggles and queries with some of the clues. Let us know what you thought in a comment and please remember to indicate your enjoyment by clicking on one of the stars below.
DT 26525
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26525
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Pommers is flying to the UK today, so I am filling in for him. Another fine puzzle from Jay, which I enjoyed as much as ever.
Toughie 543
Toughie No 543 by Cephas
Nice ‘N Easy does it!
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
This puzzle from Cephas could easily have been a Saturday prize crossword. I’m sure the rest of the week will be more difficult.
DT 26524
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26524
Hints and tips by Gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All!. Once again Gazza kindly offered me the chance to blog ‘on the day’ so thanks to him. I enjoyed this puzzle from (I presume) the mystery setter. I thought that some of the anagram indicators were very well chosen to maintain the theme of the surface reading. There are one or two possibly unfamiliar words but in each case the wordplay is clear.
DT 26523
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26523
Hints and tips by Libellule
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
The usual stuff from the Monday maestro. 13d had me thinking for a while, is 4d cryptic? Otherwise an enjoyable crossword.
“New” Crossword Site
“New” Crossword Site
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Ok, it’s not a new site but one that has gone through a revamp. Tony Sever ran his “Times2 RTC” site for a number of years until the new Times crossword website was introduced late last year, which made it somewhat difficult to continue! At the beginning of this year Tony rebranded the site as “RTC3 – Random Thoughts on Crosswords, Cryptic and Concise” and is using it as a journal for his occasional jottings.
ST 2583 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2583 (Hints)
Hints and tips by 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.
NTSPP – 061 (Review)
NTSPP – 061 by Bufo
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Bufo makes a welcome return to the NTSPP series with an excellent crossword with lots to enjoy and some more unusual words to ferret out. Many thanks to Bufo for the entertainment.
I have highlighted my favourite clues in blue.
NTSPP – 061 (Comments)
Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 061
A Puzzle by Bufo
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Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week we have a new puzzle from Bufo.