Toughie No 1610 by Petitjean
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment **
After a week off I was looking forward to the challenge of a Thursday Toughie but it wasn’t to be.… Continue reading
Month: May 2016
DT 28124
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28124
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from the Vega Baja where summer has arrived, it’s already 23C and it’s only 0930CEST as I’m typing this.
Today we have a RayT and I reckon it’s at the easier end of his spectrum but hey, what do I know? It will be interesting to see if we have the usual split in opinion about this one as the synonyms aren’t stretched too much, there’s a couple of anagrams and a few gimmes to get you going. All-in-all I thought it was pretty good stuff.
ST 2848
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2848
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
This puzzle was published on Sunday, 15th May 2016
Another perfectly splendid Sunday crossword – I had *s by lots of clues I really liked, including the one someone else didn’t!!
Toughie 1609
Toughie No 1609 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
This is a fairly typical Osmosis puzzle with some enjoyable clues but lots of ‘fiddly’ bits in the wordplay including a great number of abbreviations.… Continue reading
DT 28123
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28123
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
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BD Rating – Difficulty **– Enjoyment ****
All the talk about the goings on at The George have been reminding us of the great time we had exactly a year ago when we, quite by chance, were able to be at the event and meet so many of you.… Continue reading
Toughie 1608
Toughie 1608 by Shamus
Hints and tips by Kitty
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A big hello to you all from London, where a merry (in more ways than one) group* of crossword setters and solvers has amassed.… Continue reading
DT 28122
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28122
Hints and tips by Shropshirelad
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment **
Good morning from a beautiful and bright sunny day here in Shropshire.… Continue reading
DT 28121
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28121
Hints and tips by Hanni and Miffypops
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hello from the moors on a grey morning.… Continue reading
Rookie Corner – 111
MPP 048 – Review
Monthly Prize Puzzle – 048
May 2016
A Puzzle by Radler
Congratulations to Nigel F who successfully managed solve this tricky Radler puzzle, see the Nina that ran from the first letter of 9d diagonally down to the final letter of 32a – FRUIT AND NUTS – and realise that the solution to 1a was BANANAS. … Continue reading