November 2019 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

DT 29222 (Hints)

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29222 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club

+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +

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.

Continue reading “DT 29222 (Hints)”

Toughie 2341

Toughie No 2341 by Kcit

Hints and tips by Big Dave

+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +

BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

Bufo Is away this morning, so I am back sooner than I expected. This is a fairly straightforward puzzle, with the handful of difficult answers clued in such a way as to make them easy to solve from the wordplay. Continue reading “Toughie 2341”

DT 29220

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29220

Hints and tips by pommers

+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +

BD Rating – Difficulty ***– Enjoyment ****

Hola from the Vega Baja.  Well, things have moved on a bit.  We now have wardrobes fitted and the guys have started on the kitchen about an hour ago so we might get a bit of normality by the end of next week.

It may just be the hammering and banging going on that caused the problem but I found today’s puzzle a tad on the tricky side.  I’m pretty sure it’s a proXimal production as it felt like his work while I was solving and it’s turned out to be a pangram without an X, which has become a bit of a trade mark for him.  I really enjoyed the 28a and hope that you all do too.
Continue reading “DT 29220”

ST 3030

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3030

A full review by crypticsue

+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +

This puzzle was published on 17th November 2019

BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment **

A Sunday puzzle which wasn’t as much fun than we expect from Dada, coupled with a few odd surface readings and possibly the use of the wrong tense in 6d

Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.… Continue reading