Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2683 (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 more difficult clues and provide hints for them.
Month: March 2013
NTSPP – 162
DT 27127 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27127 (Hints)
Big Dave’s Crossword Club
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Today is your last chance to enter the March Prize Puzzle.
As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, an assortment of clues, including some of the more difficult ones, have been selected and hints provided for them.
Toughie 945
Toughie No 945 by Osmosis
A stimulating puzzle!
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
You know what you are going to get with an Osmosis puzzle. Very few high points but no groan-inducing clues.
DT 27126
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27126
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
There are some topical clues in this very enjoyable puzzle. Do let us know what you made of it.
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DT 27121
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27121
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Another Cephas Saturday puzzle with his usual anagrams in a mix of clues – I do believe that he is gradually upping the trickiness level too.
Toughie 944
Toughie No 944 by Dada
A pleasure to solve
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment *****
Bufo is away today. After the problems earlier this week, this puzzle was sheer joy from start to finish. My only complaint was that it was over too quickly.
ST 2681
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2681
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Another great Sunday crossword with lots of excellent clues. A Virgilius clue might take a while for the penny to drop when solving, but I m sure Gnomey will agree with me that they are some of the easiest to explain when writing a review. My top favourite clues are marked in blue.
DT 27125
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27125
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
No slightly-mad hat needed today for this puzzle.
Toughie 943
Toughie No 943 by Firefly
Multiple Jeopardy
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
The weather is freezing, the Telegraph Puzzles site is having another spell of misbehaviour and pommers has resigned as a blogger (we will miss you, pommers, if you’re still reading this). So, is there any good news? In today’s puzzle there’s a mini-theme of synonyms for 17d, but overall I thought that many of the clues were fairly mechanical.
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