Toughie No 2285 by Beam
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Today Beam becomes the latest setter to reach a century of Toughies and I seem to have blogged more than my fair share of them. Not that I mind because I always enjoy them and today’s was no exception. Mind you I think I was not quite with it today because I made far harder work of this Beam puzzle than I usually do. But I got there in the end though some of the parsing needed winkling out. Continue reading “Toughie 2285”
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29136
Hints and tips by a mostly dried out pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from a rather soggy Vega Baja. No, I’ve not signed the pledge (as if I ever would) but I have dried out a bit. In the early hours of yesterday we had over four inches of rain in about two hours so everywhere was more than a bit moist. At least the weather has since returned to normal service and both me and the village have (mostly) dried out. It don’t rain here very often but when it does it’s best to batten down the hatches and make sure the drains are running free.
I don’t know who today’s setter is but he or she has provided us with a very nice puzzle with more than a usual number of cryptic definitions. It’s not too tricky and there a few anagrams to give you a start if you need it. I really enjoyed it so I’ll be interested to hear your views of it.
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3016
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 11th August 2019
BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
A trickier offering from Dada with a good mixture of clue types
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Toughie No 2284 by Giovanni
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **/***
It wouldn’t be a Giovanni Toughie if it didn’t have a few terms I didn’t know but the only one which gave me any significant problems was 5d where I was thrown by the unusual spelling.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29135
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
BD Rating – Difficulty ***– Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
When summer gets extended somewhat longer than the norm we have the expression “Indian Summer” to describe it. If there is a similar expression to describe a winter that goes on past its recommended use-by date, it is one that we don’t know. At the bottom of the post we have put a photo we took two days ago looking across some wetlands of our estuary towards the Tararua ranges with a fresh mantle of snow.
Another Wednesday treat from Jay for us all to solve.
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Update October 23, 2019
What I hope will be the final changes to the “Big Dave 2019” theme. have been implemented There are a small number of cosmetic changes, but the big difference is in the Responsive Design – a posh way of saying that the theme adjusts according to the width of the display. While a desktop may be able to vary the size of the browser window, for other devices, such as phones and tablets, this is usually a fixed size. Continue reading “New Theme”
Toughie No 2283 by Donnybrook
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
The handful of lesser-known words were clued in such a way they could be worked out then checked in Chambers. Continue reading “Toughie 2283”
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29133
Hints and tips by Winnie The Pooh
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ** (by BD)
Good morning from The Hundred Acre Wood. Piglet and I enjoyed this puzzle which produced smiles and groans along the way. How strange to begin at the end. We both agree that it is only a crossword puzzle, a pastime, a mere bagatelle, a fleeting moment in life that will be soon forgotten. Continue reading “DT 29133”
A Puzzle by Gonzo
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