Toughie No 986 by Kcit
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
The usual gentle start to the Toughie week, which took me almost exactly the same time as the back-page puzzle.
Month: May 2013
DT 27189
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27189
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ***
Bonjour from Lac de Panthier in Burgundy. We’ve been here since last Thursday, and apart from the nice day which Libellule commented on yesterday the weather has been pretty vile – cold and wet.
I found this crossword to be right on the border between ** and *** for difficulty, despite a couple of clues where being in France brought the answer to mind swiftly.
DT 27188
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27188
Hints and tips by Libellule
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
Hmm, the sun is shining, and maybe spring has finally arrived, and I can start to think about putting the tomatoes out. An enjoyable but not overly complicated crossword from the maestro today.
ST 2693 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2693 (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.
NTSPP – 172
DT 27187 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27187 (Hints)
Big Dave’s Crossword Club
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Here are the pictures of last Thusday’s S&B Meeting.
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 985
Toughie No 985 by Osmosis
Putting faces to the names
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from the Terpsichoreans (that’s not a recently discovered group of Greek islands!) As you may know, there was a gathering of the great and the good of the crossword world in Wapping yesterday and your dancing duo were there.
DT 27186
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27186
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
This is the second Giovanni puzzle I’ve blogged this week and I enjoyed this one more that Wednesday’s Toughie. Let us know your take on it.
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DT 27181
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27181
A full review by gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All!. I thought this was a reasonable test for a Saturday puzzle and quite enjoyed it.
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Toughie 984
Toughie No 984 by Petitjean
Hints and Tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Even Petitjean puzzles are fairly straightforward when it’s my turn to blog!