BBC CiNA 3D Calendar Puzzle (2015)
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The BBC CiNA (Children in Need Appeal) 3D Calendar Puzzle for 2015 is now available. Each day has a clue. Each month has a 3D grid to complete. Some of the best setters in the UK have given of their genius freely to provide us with enough clues to solve to keep us out of trouble for most of the year.
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Toughie No 1284 by Kcit
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
I found this to be a trickier than usual Kcit puzzle. It didn’t help that I couldn’t give it my undivided attention because I had to keep an eye on a 5-year-old at the same time that I was solving it. Even so I think it was definitely in the 4-star difficulty zone. It was an enjoyable puzzle in which some of the wordplay needed a bit of thought.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27634
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from the Vega Baja on a beautiful autumn morning with not a cloud in the sky but there is a slight nip in the air. I’m pretty sure this is a RayT production as Her Majesty is in attendance and all but one of the clues are eight words or less. Not very much in the way of innuendo and perhaps a few more anagrams than RayT usually includes, which I know will please many of you. There are also three hidden word clues, two of them reversed, so I reckon a certain lady blogger might be pleased to be giving this one a miss.
I found it very enjoyable and not too taxing so I’ll be interested to see your comments.
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2766
A full review by gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty **– Enjoyment ****
This puzzle was published on Sunday, 19th October 2014
Morning All! THere were some lovely cryptic and double definitions here and the rest worked really well as well!
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