Toughie No 647 by Shamus
Indian Takeaway!
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
A much harder puzzle than we usually get from Shamus – and all the better for it.
Month: October 2011
DT 26680
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26680
Hints and tips by Libellule
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A big thank you to Gazza for stepping in to do the blog yesterday. I had to take an “emergency” trip to the dentist after losing a large filling.
I quite enjoyed doing the crossword today, but thought it was awkward to write up. Probably due to a lot of clues using the start or end letters of various words.
Puzzles for Tuesday 11th of October
Puzzles for Tuesday 11th of October
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Following a highly successful three-day trial Phil McNeill, the Telegraph’s Puzzles Editor, has kindly agreed to continue providing the pdfs for the daily puzzles.
DT 26679
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26679
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Libellule is busy today so we’re doing a Monday/Tuesday swap. That’s given me another opportunity to blog a Rufus puzzle. We have the usual very smooth surface readings with lots of cryptic definitions. Quite a few of the clues will be pretty familiar to experienced solvers but remember that there are always new solvers coming along for whom they’ll be new discoveries.
Let us know how you got on – if you’re stuck you can reveal the answer by highlighting the space between the curly brackets under the clue.
Puzzles for Monday 10th of October
Puzzles for Monday 10th of October
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Once again Phil McNeill, the Telegraph’s Puzzles Editor, has provided pdfs for today’s cryptic, quick and GK puzzles.
ST 2609 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2609 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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Thanks once again to Phil McNeill for providing today’s puzzle, which can be downloaded from the previous post.
As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the more difficult clues and provide hints for them.
Puzzles for Sunday 9th of October
Puzzles for Sunday 9th of October
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A big thank you to Phil McNeill, the Telegraph’s Puzzles Editor, for kindly providing pdfs for today’s cryptic, GK and EV puzzles.
NTSPP – 087 (Review)
NTSPP – 087
A crossword by Alchemi
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We welcome Alchemi on board with a cracking debut puzzle full of inventive clues and a cracking anagram at 3/9d. Many thanks to him for the crossword and to Jetdoc for recommending him. Hopefully it will not be too long before he appears here again.
NTSPP – 087
Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 087
A Puzzle by Alchemi
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Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week we have a new setter. Alchemi was recommended by Jetdoc (Mrs Elgar) so you know it is going to be an excellent puzzle.
DT 26678 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26678 (Hints)
Big Dave’s Saturday Crossword Club
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Many thanks to Phil McNeill for providing today’s puzzle, which can be downloaded from the previous post.
As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select an assortment of clues, including some of the more difficult ones, and provide hints for them.