Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28463
Hints and tips by Miffypops
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BD’s Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Unusually for Rufus there is only one full and two partial anagrams today.… Continue reading
Month: June 2017
Rookie Corner – 168
ST 2905 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2905 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg; apparently summer is here, but, so far, it has been wet and windy, and somewhat on the cool side.… Continue reading
NTSPP – 385
NTSPP – 385
A Puzzle by Silvanus
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DT 28462 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28462 (Hints)
Big Dave’s Saturday Crossword Club
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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.
Toughie 1835
Toughie No 1835 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by KitKat
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ***
A big hello to you all from South Kensington. … Continue reading
DT 28461
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28461
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Hello from a rather warm Los Alcázares. Actually I say it’s rather warm, which it is, but the UK seems to have been a degree or two hotter than here for the last few days. The difference is that here we have another twelve weeks of the hot stuff to look forward to.
This puzzle is definitely one from the “new” Giovanni as there are no obscurities and little or no religious references. It’s a pangram but I didn’t notice until I’d completed the puzzle so it didn’t help me in the slightest. I enjoyed it a lot. It’s got a few tricky bits but it fell together reasonably well so I’ve gone for two star difficulty. I’m sure some of you will disagree.
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DT 28456
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28456
A full review by gnomethang
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This puzzle was published on Saturday 17th June
BD Rating – Difficulty **– Enjoyment ***
Morning All! I found this a fairly standard puzzle for a Saturday with a few enjoyable clues.
Toughie 1834
Toughie No 1834 by Messinae
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
A very enjoyable puzzle with a nice level of difficulty in that there were very few gimmes and yet nothing that caused a major hold-up.… Continue reading
ST 2903
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2903
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on Sunday 11th June
BD Rating – Difficulty */**– Enjoyment ****
Another splendid Sunday crossword – I’ll pick the double lurker 15a as my Across favourite and 8d as my Down favourite