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DT 28478

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28478

Hints and tips by pommers

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ****

Morning all and welcome to another RayThursday.  It was a game of two halves for me.  I went through the across clues and only got four of them so I thought I might be in for a fair old struggle.  Then I went through the downs and got all but three so with all those checkers in place the puzzle just sort of rolled over and wanted its tummy tickled.  It was a bit of fun while it lasted but I’m sure some of you will have had a different experience. Continue reading “DT 28478”

ST 2906

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2906

A full review by gnomethang

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This puzzle was published on Sunday 2nd July

BD Rating – Difficulty *Enjoyment ***

Morning All! This comes to you from the beautiful and sunny city of Vienna/Wien in Austria. I’m flying back today after a couple of days work which I managed to finish overnight on the first day. This meant that I had an opportunity to have a wander around and sampple the sights and sausages. A place to recommend.
This was a solid puzzle that I solved very quickly but I think that I just got lucky.
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Toughie 1845

Toughie No 1845 by Firefly

Hints and tips by Gazza

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment **/***

I have to say that I wasn’t overly enamoured with this one when I solved it – the four peripheral answers all went in very quickly and there are a lot of anagrams of various types (none very tricky), so the whole thing was over without any significant hold-ups.… Continue reading

DT 28477

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28477

Hints and tips by 2Kiwis

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

 

Kia ora from Aotearoa.
              We are having a rather nasty wintry storm system moving up the country at present.… Continue reading

ST 2907 (Hints)

 

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2907 (Hints)

Hints and tips by Senf

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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where summer has finally and most definitely arrived, and I have been enjoying volunteering at a professional golf tournament for four days starting on Thursday.… Continue reading