Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2822
A full review by gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty **– Enjoyment ****
This puzzle was published on Sunday, 15th November 2015
Morning All!. A fine puzzle from Virgilius. There were some very good clues here and a great &Lit.
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Toughie No 1506 by proXimal
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment **
I had a bit of a struggle with this one so no complaints from me that it’s not a real Toughie, but I thought that some of the surfaces (e.g.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27968
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
The third largest island of New Zealand is Stewart Island. It is right at the very bottom of the South Island, very remote and sparsely populated. Neither of us had ever been there until now but that is where Carol and a small group of her friends are at present. Hence today’s Hints and Tips for Jay’s Wednesday puzzle are by only one, left at home, Kiwi.
Enjoy the solve, I did. The NW corner put up the biggest fight with the key being 1a which took it well into 3 star time for difficulty.
Fingers crossed that the website behaves itself long enough to get it all together and posted.
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Toughie No 1505 by Samuel
Hints and tips by Toro
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **/***
A decent first Toughie of the week from Samuel, if perhaps not his most entertaining.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27967
Hints and tips by Hanni
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Today, thanks to some mentoring by Miffypops, we welcome Hanni with her maiden blog.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27966
Hints and tips by Kitty
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Hello and welcome to you all. This went in smoothly as silk for me, so I’ve only given it one star for difficulty. … Continue reading
A Puzzle by Silvanus
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Monthly Prize Puzzle – 042
November 2015
Pangra by Radler
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The instructions said: This puzzle is a pangram, except for one letter.… Continue reading
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2823 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, a number of the more difficult clues have been selected and hints provided for them.… Continue reading
NTSPP – 302
What Goes Up by Chalicea
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