NTSPP – 245
Non-alcoholic by Soup
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Month: October 2014
DT 27624 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27624 (Hints)
Big Dave’s Crossword Club hosted by gnomethang
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Today is your last chance to enter the October Monthly Prize Puzzle.
Your blogging team will be strongly represented at the London convention today, so you will be in the hands of a much smaller team. Many thanks to gnomethang who has volunteered to set the ball rolling before he too heads off for Wapping. BD
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 1277
Toughie No 1277 by Notabilis
How do you make a 1 across?
Don’t answer that!
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
Notabilis never fails to both challenge and entertain, and this excellent puzzle is no exception.
DT 27623
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27623
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs where the morning has started bright, and we seem to have missed the worst of the overnight rain.
I found today’s Giovanni easier than the last couple, only just into ** time for me, but enjoyable all the same.
DT 27618
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27618
A full review by gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty *– Enjoyment ***
This puzzle was published on Saturday, 11th October 2014
Morning All!. There were some lovely clues here but I found the amount of straight insertion clues to make the rest a bit of a write-in. Hence one star for the solving time.
Toughie 1276
Toughie No 1276 by Petitjean
Of Mice and Men
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
Gather ye all the old chestnuts and save them up for Christmas!
ST 2764
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2764
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/***– Enjoyment *****
This puzzle was published on Sunday, 5th October 2014
A lovely sunny Sunday, and to make the day even better, a superb Sunday puzzle from Virgilius. So much to enjoy in this one, quintuple definitions, words hidden three times, topical references, I could go on and on… perhaps I’d better just keep Kath happy and say my top favourite was 6d.
DT 27622
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27622
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from Ottawa where we are back to more seasonable weather following the gift of a July-like day earlier in the week.
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Toughie 1275
Toughie No 1275 by Sparks
Land A-Hoy!
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Thanks to Sparks for an entertaining puzzle quite fitting for a mid-week Toughie. There were several answers that were new to me (the Nobel Laureate, the beatnik, the Far-Eastern boat, the landlord and the stroke) but all of them were clued so well that they didn’t pose great problems.
There is a Nina and, unusually for me, I spotted it without any prompting. I’ve explained it at the bottom of the review so that those who haven’t already found it can search for it before scrolling down, if they wish. Suffice to say here that we now have a good idea where Sparks spent his Summer holidays!
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DT 27621
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27621
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
One of the things that we really look forward to in the Spring is eating the first asparagus of the season. We have a huge bunch sitting in the fridge ready for tonight’s dinner. YUM.
Jay has given us another enjoyable puzzle this week, with plenty of picture opportunities too.