Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27263
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Another one for the Ray T fans.
Month: August 2013
ST 2704
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2704
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
My solving of this great Sunday puzzle was delayed by a couple of days but it was well worth the wait. Lots of favourites but my top favourite has to be 24d.
Toughie 1035
Toughie No 1035 by Kcit
Getting Tougher!
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Not as gentle as a lot of Kcit’s puzzles, but 5 down certainly deserved a red card!
DT 27262
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27262
Hints and tips by scchua
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Having been held up in the SW corner (by an unfamiliar slang word, and a word that I considered and discarded because it didn’t fit the checking letters, according to my misspelling), I’d rate this 2*/3* for difficulty/enjoyment. Thanks to Jay.
Toughie 1034
Toughie No 1034 by Micawber
The Winner Takes It All
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment *****
Thanks to BD for agreeing to swap Toughies this week, allowing me to blog this hugely enjoyable puzzle from Micawber. Do let us know what you thought.
Continue reading “Toughie 1034”
DT 27261
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27261
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs on a bright morning.
I found this to be at the top end of ** time, with quite a few bits of general knowledge needed to understand the wordplay.
DT 27260
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27260
Hints and tips by Libellule
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
The sun is once again shining south of the Loire, and I have had an entertaining crossword to review. Not sure why we have three clues where the answers are number(s) though.
ST 2705 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2705 (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.
MPP – 015 (Review)
Monthly Prize Puzzle No 15 (August 2013) by Alchemi
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A review by crypticsue
To find the answer all (!!) we had to do was solve the crossword and then ADD UP (27) THE N (16) UMBER (7) S IN G (18a) RID (28) – some obvious and some extremely well-hidden – to reach a total of 150. This was far from easy, even at the testing stage…. “You appear to have added up only three of the eight numbers in the grid, so you don’t have the sum right” !!! I wasn’t alone – less than a quarter of the entries were correct. Still confused? Have a look at the end of the review.
Mrs BD has kindly once again picked out a winner – the lucky person this month being our occasional blogger , Jon Delfin. As he lives in New York, however, he joins the rank of those entering for the HAG (Honour and Glory) and the prize rolls over to next month.