A Puzzle by loonapick
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Month: April 2014
MPP – 023 (review)
Monthly Prize Puzzle – April 2014
A crossword by Prolixic
Reviewed by crypticsue
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Congratulations to Milvus who solved this fine crossword (I thought there were some lovely surface readings) and then spotted “the who, where and with what” needed to solve the mystery and enter the competition, winning a choice of Hamlyn Telegraph puzzle books. If you still haven’t solved the crime, there is a handy grid at the bottom of this review which reveals all.
ST 2740 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2740 (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.
NTSPP – 219
NTSPP – 219
Happy Holidays! by Windsurfer
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DT 27468 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27468 (Hints)
Big Dave’s Crossword Club
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Today is your last chance to enter the April Prize Puzzle – can you solve the mystery?
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 1173
Toughie No 1173 by Osmosis
It’s a Cracker!
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Tilsit is unavailable today and I have spent most of the morning sorting out the site, including a raft of problems (at the blogging end) introduced by the WordPress upgrade and a rogue plugin (the Guestbook one, now disabled) that used up over 5gb of the 6gb available. The hints are here, albeit a little late.
As is usual with Osmosis it took longer to fully resolve the wordplay than it did to complete the puzzle.
DT 27467
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27467
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs this bright Good Friday morning.
As usual from Giovanni, some obscure words but fair wordplay. ** difficulty for me.
DT 27462
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27462
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
This puzzle was published on Saturday, 12th April 2014
The Saturday Mysteron seems to have upped the difficulty level for his last couple of appearances which for me anyway increases the enjoyment factor.
Toughie 1172
Toughie No 1162 by Petitjean
It doesn’t 5 down!
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment **
A frustrating crossword. I did over half of it with no effort and thought it was going to be a one- or two-star difficulty puzzle. Then I started having problems though for most clues I could see what the answer must be but couldn’t unravel the wordplay. Last week I commented that it was nice not to have any tricky four-letter answers. I wish I could say the same this week. I didn’t particularly enjoy the time spent sorting out the last few answers. Because of this I upped the difficulty rating and lowered the enjoyment rating
DT 27466
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27466
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
Ray T tests our vocabulary like no other setter in this very enjoyable puzzle.