NTSPP – 225
A Puzzle by Alchemi
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Month: May 2014
DT 27504 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27504 (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.
The Times How to Crack Cryptic Crosswords
The Times How to Crack Cryptic Crosswords
Tim Moorey
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Toughie 1197
Toughie No 1197 by Firefly
Yabba Dabba Doo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
One of the easier Friday Toughies.
DT 27503
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27503
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Bonjour from Camping La Garenne at St Laurent du Pape in the Ardèche. I’m sitting outside typing this on a beautiful sunny morning. The site WiFi is a bit slow, so no illustrations today.
It may just be that I’m on holiday and out of practice, but I found today’s Giovanni quite tricky, with some unusual spellings thrown in, plus a grid that meant that each corner was quite isolated. Definitely *** difficulty.
DT 27498
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27498
A full review by gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
This puzzle was published on Saturday, 24th May 2014
Morning All!. I solved this after a good day at Wentworth watching the golf. There were some lovely clues here but too many charades, I felt. The lack of variation was apparent when blogging in order.
Toughie 1196
Toughie No 1196 by Shamus
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A pleasant though not very taxing puzzle
DT 27502
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27502
Hints and tips by scchua
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
For me, an unfamiliar setter, but the puzzle is about what I’m used to on Wednesdays, so a 2*/3* for difficulty/enjoyment. Thanks to setter (don’t know who he/she is).
ST 2744
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2744
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
This puzzle was published on Sunday, 18th May 2014
Another splendid start to a really lovely sunny Sunday morning. Took me a while to spot the well hidden anagram in 18d and as for ‘what’s contained in shot’ in 20d, that has to be the d’oh of the day.
Toughie 1195
Toughie No 1195 by Micawber
Hints and Tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment *****
We have another Wednesday treat from the wonderfully inventive Micawber. I thought it was fairly gentle and my main difficulty was deciding on exactly what to underline in a couple of the clues where the wordplay morphed (did you see what I did there?) into the definition.
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