NTSPP – 418
A Puzzle by Italicus
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Month: February 2018
DT 28659 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28659 (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 1967
Toughie No 1967 by Sparks
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
A good and very satisfying Friday toughie from Sparks with plenty of inventive clueing.… Continue reading
DT 28658
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28658
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs on a damp grey February morning.… Continue reading
DT 28653
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28653
A full review by gnomethang
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This puzzle was published on 3rd February 2018
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! A lot of charades today and a couple of very good cryptic/double definitions. The solving time took me into 3 star territory.
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Toughie 1966
Toughie No 1966 by Micawber
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
This was a rare but welcome sighting of a Micawber puzzle on a Thursday.… Continue reading
DT 28657
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28657
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from the Vega Baja. I’m pretty sure this is a RayT production but it’s very much at the benign end of his spectrum. It would have been only * difficulty had I not seemed to run into some speed humps in the SE corner. Still, it fell nicely after a brief struggle so ** it is. There again, perhaps I was just on the wavelength this morning and it really is a tricky little rascal. I’ll interested to see what you all made of it.
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ST 2936
Sunday Cryptic No 2936
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 28th January 2018
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Slightly trickier than usual, or perhaps it was just me being tired from a long day out on the Saturday?… Continue reading
Toughie 1965
Toughie No 1965 by Petitjean
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ****
We have another superb puzzle from the late Petitjean – mad hats are definitely the order of the day.… Continue reading
DT 28656
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28656
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***– Enjoyment ****
Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa.
Greetings, greetings, greetings to you all.… Continue reading