NTSPP – 472
A Puzzle by Skinny
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Month: February 2019
DT 28982 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28982 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club
Hosted by Tilsit
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Morning everyone
The Boss has gone off to the local market and left me looking after today’s prize puzzle. This was a bit more challenging than some of the recent Saturday offerings, but was very enjoyable. I found the top half seemed to go in quite normally and then the lower half presented a few things to think about.
Thank you to the setter. If you are scratching around for things to do, you may like to go and find today’s Financial Times where Rosa Klebb has produced a rather fine and witty puzzle.
Toughie 2182
Toughie No 2182 by proXimal
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
Good afternoon from South Staffs. Dutch is away this week, so I’ve been allowed out of my usual Friday morning slot.… Continue reading
DT 28981
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28981
Hints and tips by Kath
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BD Rating — Difficulty ** — Enjoyment **
Hello everyone. The ‘hinty people’ have been playing swapsies this week so I’m doing the hints for today.… Continue reading
DT 28976
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28976
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 16 February 2019
BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment **
This took me a longer than an average time for a Saturday (or indeed any other DT cryptic) hence the difficulty rating.… Continue reading
Toughie 2181
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
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
BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***/****
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
Toughie 2180
Toughie No 2180 by Donnybrook
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
This is an interesting mixture of fairly straightforward clues (e.g.… Continue reading
DT 28979
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28979
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
BD Rating – Difficulty ***– Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
We’ve got a cloudy day here today. Still mild of course and quite a pleasant change from the hot sun that we have had lately.… Continue reading