Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27296
Hints and tips by Libellule
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Rufus back to his normal self today, a piece of 11a perhaps?
Month: September 2013
ST 2711 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2711 (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 – 190
NTSPP – 190
A Puzzle by Prolixic
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DT 27295 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27295 (Hints)
Big Dave’s Crossword Club
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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 1057
Toughie No 1057 by Firefly
Childhood Memories
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
One of the problems with themed puzzles is that if the theme is cracked early on then the rest falls into place very quickly. This was certainly the case for me. The surface readings of the clues with the thematic answers are well-chosen to fit the stories associated with those places.
DT 27294
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27294
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
We have a pleasant puzzle from Giovanni today. Do let us know how you got on.
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DT 27289
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27289
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment **
There must have been lots of entries for this week’s prize puzzle as it was extremely easy and in some places hardly cryptic at all.
Toughie 1056
Toughie No 1056 by Shamus
15-Letter Anagram Day
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
I was obviously not on good anagram-solving form this morning because I made heavy weather of 3 of the 4 long anagrams. As a result this puzzle took me longer than it should have done. I suspect that anyone who solved these anagrams quickly would have found this to be a fairly simple puzzle.
DT 27293
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27293
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
I don’t have much to say about this very ordinary puzzle.
ST 2709
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2709
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
Another splendid start to Sunday morning. My top favourites were 6a and 5d but there were lots of runners-up.