Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27303
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs, where the sun is peeping through the cloud cover on a mild morning.
This was *** territory for me today, with 2d the last one in.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27302
Hints and tips by Libellule
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
An entertaining crossword from the Maestro.
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2712 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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Don’t forget that there is a new Monthly Prize Puzzle.
As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the more difficult clues and provide hints for them.
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NTSPP – 191
A Puzzle by Hieroglyph
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27301 (Hints)
Big Dave’s Crossword Club
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Another month has come around, so it’s time for our Monthly 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.
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Monthly Prize Puzzle No 17 (October 2013) by Prolixic
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Why not have a go at our latest Monthly Prize Puzzle? The winner will receive a copy of Mick Twister’s There Was an Old Geezer Called Caesar: A History of the World in 100 Limericks kindly donated by Tilsit. It is hoped that this copy will be signed by the author, subject to his attendance at the London Cruciverbalist Convention later this month.
Please note that, due to punitive postal charges, while the competition is open to all, the prize is only available to UK solvers.
A review will follow after the closing date (19th October 2013).
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Toughie No 1061 by Osmosis
Lost for words
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
This puzzle is not too difficult, but a fair bit harder than yesterday’s.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27300
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment **
There weren’t many d’oh moments in this one for me – what did you think?
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27295
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
The Mysteron provided us with a very slightly trickier puzzle than usual this week.
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Cruciverbalist Convention (Oct 2013)
in conjunction with the Times Crossword Championship
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