Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2735 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a number of the more difficult clues and provide hints for them.
Month: March 2014
NTSPP – 214
NTSPP – 214
A Puzzle by Prolixic
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DT 27438 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27438 (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 1153
Toughie No 1153 by Sparks
An Agony in 8 Fits
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
Tilsit has been unexpectedly called back to his second home, leaving me to review this superb puzzle from Monk’s Telegraph alter ego. Once again it was the four-letter answers that caused the most grief, especially 12 & 25 across where it took a while to understand the meaning of “fuzzy type” and “court Arthur”, the former raising the biggest smile in the whole puzzle.
DT 27437
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27437
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs where the sun is breaking through the early morning mist.
For me, today’s Giovanni was at the easier end of the spectrum, only just into ** difficulty, but others may take a different view.
DT 27432
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27432
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
This puzzle was published on Saturday 8th March 2014
If you weren’t sure whether it was the turn of Cephas or the Mysteron to produce the Saturday Prize Puzzle, typing ‘anagram’ ten times while producing this review would certainly seem to confirm that it is the work of the former rather than the latter.
Toughie 1152
Toughie No 1152 by Beam
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Another Beam puzzle with no anagrams or multi-word answers. As usual with Beam puzzles I found it quite tough and I had to think hard to justify some of the answers.
DT 27436
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27436
Hints and tips by archy and mehitabel
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning everyone, it’s the sun-drenched cockroach and the fog-bound alley cat back again.
A very pleasant puzzle with two excellent fifteen letter anagrams to give you a lot of checkers!
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ST 2733
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2733
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
This puzzle was published on Sunday, 2nd March 2014
Once again, Virgilius provided us with the usual great Sunday challenge with a fine mix of clue types.
Toughie 1151
Toughie No 1151 by Elkamere
What are you doing in my swamp?
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Thanks to Elkamere for a thoroughly enjoyable Toughie, with just the right level of difficulty for a Wednesday, IMHO. How did you get on?
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