Toughie No 1578 by Busman
Not quite half-a-star difficulty
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
I gave the last Busman puzzle half-a-star for difficulty.… Continue reading
Month: March 2016
DT 28076
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28076
Hints and tips by ShropshireLad
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ***
Good Morning everyone from a bright and sunny day in Shropshire.… Continue reading
ST 2840
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2840
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
This puzzle was published on Sunday, 20th March 2016
Another lovely Sunday puzzle – lots of lurkers and other trademark clues – but my favourite is 24d
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Toughie 1577
Toughie No 1577 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Thanks to Osmosis for an enjoyable Toughie. I proceeded steadily, though not that speedily, through the clues with the NE corner putting up the most resistance.… Continue reading
DT 28075
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28075
Hints and tips by Kitty
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Hello everybody. Our Kiwis are winging their way home from Christchurch, but not in time to bring you today’s hints and tips. … Continue reading
Toughie 1576
Toughie No 1576 by Warbler
Hints and tips by ShropshireLad
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment **/***
Well, here we are at the start of another Toughie week and what a nice and gentle way to ease into it.… Continue reading
DT 28074
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28074
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
There’s nothing too scary for the gee-gees today.… Continue reading
Posting of comments
Update: Commenting should be back to normal. Thanks to someone on the WordPress Support Forum who identified the culprit as an update that was applied this morning to the CloudFlare plugin. A new version of this plugin has corrected the problem.… Continue reading
Performance Problems – an Update
As I’m sure you are all aware the site has been suffering from poor performance for a long time. Evohosting, the previous hosting company, recommended that I switch to a Virtual Private Server (VPS) provided by Daily Internet, their parent company.… Continue reading
DT 28073
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28073
Hints and tips by Miffypops
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Happy Easter and Good Morning from the wind and rain battered heart of Downtown L I.… Continue reading