Toughie No 2181 by Stick Insect
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment **
I didn’t find this very difficult but I can’t say that I enjoyed it particularly.… Continue reading
Day: 21 February 2019
DT 28980
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28980
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from the Vega Baja on a bright and sunny morning. It’s a bit chilly at the silly o’clock time I’m writing this but the forecast for today and the next week is pretty good. If you’re interested then have a look here: https://www.eltiempo.es/almoradi.html .
I don’t know who today’s setter is but whoever it is has set a bit of a tricky rascal again so I have my suspicions. On first pass I only got five of the acrosses and then eight of the downs so that makes it a bit tricky in my book but it could just be due to the early hour and too much vino collapso last night. However, tricky or not there’s five longish anagrams to give a lot of checkers so it shouldn’t frighten the horses too much. I’ll be interested to see how you all got on with it.
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ST 2990
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2990
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 10 February 2019
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A straightforward Sunday solve for a change, with several clues to bring a smile to this solver’s face
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1a Imperialist of the past preserved?… Continue reading