NTSPP – 399
A Puzzle by Prolixic
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Month: September 2017
DT 28546 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28546 (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 1891
Toughie No 1891 by Elkamere
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
Feels like it’s been a while since I’ve had the joy of blogging an Elkamere. I missed one over the summer, and some have appeared on other days.… Continue reading
DT 28545
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28545
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs on a damp September day.
I fairly rattled through today’s puzzle from Giovanni, with the four long anagrams around the outside providing lots of checkers.… Continue reading
DT28540
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28540
A full review by Crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 23rd September 2017
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I found the bottom of this Saturday Prize Crossword a lot harder than the top, and unusually for me, went into 3* difficulty time for a back-pager.… Continue reading
Toughie 1890
Toughie No 1890 by Beam
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
I’m standing in for Bufo today. I didn’t know who the compiler was at the time of solving but I should have guessed from the maximum clue length of 8 words.… Continue reading
DT 28544
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28544
Hints and tips by Kath
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BD Rating — Difficulty */** — Enjoyment ***
Hello everyone. I don’t have any idea who set today’s crossword. I quite enjoyed it but thought it was probably the most straightforward back page cryptic that we’ve had for some time.… Continue reading
ST 2917
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2917
A full review by gnomethang
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This puzzle was published on 17th September 2017
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Morning All! Im Back from a holiday and straight back into a hellish job. This was my first solve back and my rustiness showed but there were some great clues here.
Toughie 1889
Toughie No 1889 by Excalibur
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Excalibur is a fairly rare visitor to Toughieland on Wednesdays and today she’s given us a typical example of her quirky style with some clues working much better than others.… Continue reading
DT 28543
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28543
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***– Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
Well what’s new in our part of the world since we last wrote.
We have had a General Election which involved one of us with a few days work in an Advance Voting Place and then a marathon 14 hour day issuing and then counting votes on Saturday, the official Polling Day.… Continue reading