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ST 2822

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 1506

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

DT 27968

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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DT 27966

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