Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27519
Hints and tips by scchua
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
A pleasing and easy puzzle, 1-1.5*/3* for difficulty/enjoyment. Thanks Jay.
Month: June 2014
Toughie 1206
Toughie No 1206 by Petitjean
Hints and tips by Toro
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
I really liked this – lots of vivid and witty surfaces and inventive wordplay. I’ve picked out a few favourites at the end of the post and look forward to hearing yours. Four stars for enjoyment and, in the end, for difficulty too after I ground to a complete halt before mopping up 19a and four clues in the NW corner. But that may just be me. [EDIT: Evidently it was, so I have moderated it to 3* difficulty.]
DT 27518
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27518
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment **
It’s very pleasant weather and it’s nice to be able to sit outside to solve the crossword. There’s nothing really exceptional about this one (except possibly the enumeration of 12d). What did you think?
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DT 27517
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27517
Hints and tips by Miffypops
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Good morning all from the centre of Downtown L I. A special hello to Ginny who occasionally blogs. 9ac and 21ac nearly pushed this into two star difficulty but not quite. I am thoroughly bored with The World Cup. Roll on 2015 when we can have the real thing.
Rookie Corner 010
All in One Rhythm by Mitz
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ST 2748 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2748 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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Try our June Monthly Prize Puzzle – you have more chance of winning than you do with this Sunday Telegraph puzzle!
As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a number of the more difficult clues and provide hints for them.
NTSPP – 227
DT 27516 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27516 (Hints)
Big Dave’s Crossword Club
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Have you had a go at this month’s 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 1205
Toughie No 1205 by Notabilis
Ma il mio nome è Lucia
(But my name is Lucy)
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
On of Notabilis’s gentler offerings today. The only one that held me up was the four-letter word at 26 down which had two vowels as the checking letters, although I found 1 down a bit tricky to explain.
DT 27515
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27515
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Bonjour from Camping Le Frejus in the South of France, where the temperature has been in the low 30s every day – rather reducing one’s inclination to go sightseeing.
A pretty standard Giovanni this week, with a couple of cricket references, some science, and no particularly obscure words.