A Puzzle by Bardwig
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Month: December 2019
MPP 091 – Review
Monthly Prize Puzzle 091 – Review
December 2019
Initial Letters – A Puzzle by Alchemi
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The instructions provided by Alchemi said “Some words when said aloud begin with the sound of their first letter, eg BEAST,. CEASE or PEASHOOTER, unlike BOY, CAST or PHILOSOPHER. How many of today’s answers begin with the sound of their first letters?”
Our December winner is Rahmat Ali, who wins a Telegraph puzzles book of his choice so long as he lives in the UK. Rahmat enters most months so it is good to see his name come out of the electronic hat. Continue reading “MPP 091 – Review”
ST 3035 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3035 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where we are forecast to have tee-shirt and shorts weather this afternoon with a temperature of plus 4 degrees.… Continue reading
NTSPP – 515
NTSPP – 515
Composition by Chalicea
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DT 29240 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29240 (Hints)
The 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 2354
Toughie No 2354 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment *****
Osmosis gives us yet another pangram (of course), but today’s puzzle has an additional gimmick which helped me a lot with the solve.… Continue reading
DT 29239
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29239
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs on yet another damp, grey day.… Continue reading
DT 29234
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29234
A full review by gnomethang
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This puzzle was published on 14th December 2019
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! A very straightforward puzzle this week..
Toughie 2353
Toughie No 2353 by Firefly
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I was quite happy to have a none-too-difficult puzzle today. There were no major hold-ups and very little head-scratching. Continue reading “Toughie 2353”
DT 29238
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29238
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Hola from the Vega Baja where things continue to improve as we now have all three bedrooms completely fettled. Now to tackle the lounge but that will have to wait until after Christmas as we’re off to Benidorm for a few days R&R on Monday.
As to the crossword I’m pretty sure it’s a RayT and I thought it mostly at the easier end of his spectrum with some real gimmes. However, in amongst the fairly straightforward majority of clues there are a handful of tricky little rascals, and what was for me a new word, so it has managed to avoid the shame of only getting a * rating. I’m sure a lot of you will disagree and it will be interesting to see what you made of it. Continue reading “DT 29238”