Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26522 (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.
Month: April 2011
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Toughie 542
Toughie No 542 by Notabilis
Wot no Nina?
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
Tilsit is unwell, so I have put this review together quickly. The usual class puzzle from Notabilis with a number of those penny-drop moments.
ST 2582
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2582
A full review by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment **/***
Unusually for me, this Sunday puzzle took a long time to finish, and others have subsequently confirmed my view that this was at the hard end of the Virgilius spectrum. I did have particular trouble with 9a and the very sneaky clue of the day that was 21a. Thank you Virgilius for a proper brain workout of a cryptic, my view of which improved as I prepared this review.
DT 26521
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26521
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
We have a typical Giovanni today with an entertaining mixture of clues. Let us know what you thought of it in a comment.
DT 26516
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26516
A full review by Gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
We had a reasonably tricky puzzle this week from our mystery setter with a couple of very good clues, particularly 20 Down. Reviewing this I was struck by the number of charades (word sums) in the puzzle – does anyone else think it was excessive? Continue reading “DT 26516”
Toughie 541
Toughie No 541 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
We had been reliably informed that tomorrow was to be an Elgar day and Big Dave had offered to let me swap to Friday this week so that I could wrestle with an Elgar puzzle. I had turned down the offer because of time constraints tomorrow so it was a bit of a surprise to see Elgar appear today. This was a typical Elgar puzzle full of his usual inventiveness (or do I mean deviousness?) and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I completed the top half fairly quickly but needed to take a break (to do today’s Times puzzle) before managing to complete the bottom half.
DT 26520
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26520
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
I always do the Quick crossword first on a Thursday to get a hint as to whether or not Ray T is the setter. I knew what I was up against before I started this one, and, rather surprisingly, it took me five minutes longer than today’s Elgar Toughie.
Toughie 540
Toughie No 540 by Beam
A Game of Two Halves
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
I thought that the across clues today were pretty straightforward, but some of the down ones presented more of a problem. But all in all it’s a good puzzle with some excellent clues.
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DT 26519
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26519
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Hello from sunny Spain where Spring seems to have sprung in the last couple of weeks. Thankfully no panic this week, just the usual Wednesday wizardry (presumably from Jay) which I’m sure you will enjoy as much as I did. There’s a good mix of clues and the usual couple of tricky ones to keep us all on our toes.