Toughie No 1583 by ProXimal
Hints and tips by Kitty
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Hello, and a very warm welcome to you all. … Continue reading
Month: April 2016
DT 28083
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28083
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from a soggy South Staffs.… Continue reading
DT 28078
Dailay Telegraph Cryptic No 28078
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
This puzzle was published on Saturday, 2nd April 2016
A fairly typical Saturday puzzle to encourage both newcomers to the world of cryptic crosswords and those trying to win a Daily Telegraph pen.
Toughie 1582
Toughie No 1582 by Excalibur
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ****
Excalibur is the setter that polarises opinion more than any other and I dare say that I may have been critical of one or two of her puzzles in the past.… Continue reading
DT 28082
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28082
Hints and tips by Kath
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BD Rating — Difficulty **** — Enjoyment ***
Hello everyone. This is not a Ray T Thursday – I have my suspicions as to who it may be but, for the moment at least, I’m keeping them to myself.… Continue reading
ST 2841
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2841
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment *****
This puzzle was published on Sunday, 27th March 2016
The highlight of the solving week – lots of clues with * by them but top of the leader board for me just has to be 17a.
Toughie 1581
Toughie No 1581 by Kcit
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment */**
I didn’t enjoy this a great deal. There aren’t many laughs and we seemed to need an awful lot of abbreviations and fiddling about with individual letters so that writing the hints became a bit of a chore.… Continue reading
DT 28081
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28081
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
We are now home again and slotting back into our regular routines after an enjoyable and productive couple of weeks in the South Island.… Continue reading
Toughie 1580
Toughie No 1580 by Dada
Hints and tips by ShropshireLad
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ***
Good Afternoon from your stand in ‘Hinty Person’ here in sunny Shropshire.… Continue reading
DT 28080
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28080
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
This seemed to be a little bit trickier than what we’re used to on Tuesdays and quite enjoyable I thought, although there were a few clues (especially 11a and 21a) which I didn’t like much.… Continue reading