NTSPP – 307
Christmas by Hydra
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Month: December 2015
DT 27994 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27994 (Hints)
Big Dave’s Saturday Crossword Club
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I hope you all enjoyed Christmas – over 3,000 of you found time to check into the blog yesterday!
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.
Christmas and New Year Puzzles (2015/2016)
Christmas and New Year Puzzles
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Puzzle publication and closing dates over the Christmas and New Year period.
Continue reading “Christmas and New Year Puzzles (2015/2016)”
Toughie 100007
Toughie No 100007 by Shamus
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Ho ho ho! Merry Christmas to all of you!… Continue reading
DT 100007
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 100007
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning and Merry Christmas from South Staffs on a damp grey morning, with the promise of more rain to come.… Continue reading
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to all our readers
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Big Dave and the team of bloggers would once again like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
A special thank you to all the crossword setters, especially to those who have taken the time to leave comments on the blog, and to Phil McNeill and his team at Telegraph Puzzles.
If you are one of several thousand lurkers that visit the site every day - why not break cover and say hello!
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Continue reading “Merry Christmas”
Toughie 1523
Toughie No 1523 by Firefly
Somewhere over the Rainbow
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
I’ve had to give this 4 stars for difficulty because of the ridiculous length of time it took me to see 5 down even with all the checking letters in place.… Continue reading
DT 27993
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27993
Hints and tips by Kath
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BD Rating — Difficulty ** — Enjoyment ***
Hello everyone. I’m prepared to have a guess at who set this one but more about that later.… Continue reading
DT 27989
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27989
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
This puzzle was published on Saturday, 19th December 2015
Unlike most of the commenters on the day, it took me longer than usual to get on the setter’s wavelength, probably due to having half my brain working on various festive ‘things to do’.
This is my last review before Christmas so Seasons Greetings to my fellow bloggers, all the setters and commenters and lurkers too.
ST 2826
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2826
A full review by gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***– Enjoyment ****
This puzzle was published on Sunday, 13th December 2015
Morning All! This was a three-star puzzle for difficulty and had some lovely observationl clues where you had to look hard to find and follow the instructions.