A Puzzle by Beet
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Month: October 2014
ST 2764 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2764 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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Don’t forget to have a go at the October Prize 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 – 243
DT 27612 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27612 (Hints)
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The October Monthly Prize Puzzle is available today.
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.
Prize Puzzle – October 2014
Monthly Prize Puzzle No 29 (October 2014) by Radler
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Why not have a go at our latest Monthly Prize Puzzle?
The winner will receive their choice of any of the Telegraph Crossword Books published by Hamlyn.
Please note that, due to punitive postal charges, while the competition is open to all, the prize is only available to UK solvers.
A review will follow after the closing date (18th October 2014).
Toughie 1269
Toughie No 1269 by Elkamere
Mine’s a Gin and Tonic!
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
In Toughie terms there is nothing too difficult here – I even managed to derive the French poem from the anagram fodder and most, but not all, of the checking letters.
DT 27611
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27611
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs on another sunny autumn morning.
A nice pangram from Giovanni today – and if I’d realised sooner that I was looking for a pangram, I wouldn’t have taken so long to get 7d, my last one in.
DT 27606
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27606
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty **– Enjoyment ***
This puzzle was published on Saturday, 27th September 2014
Congratulations to the Saturday Mysteron who, if my reading of the Nina – complete a century – revealed in the outside ‘down’ rows is correct, has completed a century of crosswords for the Daily Telegraph. A not-too-difficult Saturday puzzle, especially if you are a fan of anagrams, of which I counted seven.
Toughie 1268
Toughie No 1268 by proXimal
Not so ‘Phew!’
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
‘Phew!’ was my reaction to the first proXimal puzzle that I blogged and so I started this one with some trepidation. However the bottom half went in fairly quickly with the help of the two long anagrams. The top half took longer but even so I would have probably only have given the puzzle 3* for difficulty had I not spent a long time trying to suss out how the clue for 25 across worked.
DT 27610
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27610
Hints and tips by Kath
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BD Rating — Difficulty ***/**** — Enjoyment ****
Good morning everyone. One of the things that I like about Thursday crosswords is their unpredictability – it’s also one of the things that makes me nervous about doing the hints. I’m sure that this one is a Ray T and I found it fairly tricky – unless I’ve missed some there are only three anagrams which may have contributed to the difficulty, for me anyway.