Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29303
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Hola from the Vega Baja where spring appears to have sprung. After a couple of days in the UK last weekend when we had rain, hail, wind, snow on the Malvern hills and even some sunshine it’s nice to be back to normal.
I’m pretty sure today’s offering is a RayT as many of his hallmarks are here and nobody else can stretch a synonym the way he can. You can probably hear the squeals of some of the ones here. I found it a bit tricky in places, but not impossible, and it was quite enjoyable when some of the pennies dropped. I’m sure many of you will disagree one way or another.
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3044
A full review by gnomethang
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This puzzle was published on 23rd February 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! THis was a fun 2 star difficulty solve that might have involved a boiled egg in between starting and finishing.
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Toughie No 2395 by Musaeus
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Yesterday’s Toughie was generally acknowledged to be pretty easy so how does one rate the difficulty of this one which is even easier?… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29302
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
BD Rating – Difficulty **– Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
Sunrise for us is now getting noticeably later and there is a slight nip in the air in the mornings.… Continue reading
Toughie No 2394 by Donnybrook
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
The only (small) difficulty was in spotting the anagram fodder for several of the clues – the rest was plain sailing. Continue reading “Toughie 2394”
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29300
Hints and tips by Jay Gatsby
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good Morning. The sun has got his hat on. Hip hip hip Hooray. Coventry City are sat sitting on the top of their division in the football league. All is well with the world. What more need I say?
Todays puzzle is a typical for a Monday. Nicely accessible. In a rare moment of madness I struggled to solve the anagram at 27 across which held me up on the down clues in that corner. But not for long. I noticed that the first two across clues seemed to connect nicely so I have chosen to illustrate that connection. Continue reading “DT 29300”
A Puzzle by Laccaria
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3045 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg, where, apart from our unexpected 30cm of snow last October, which disappeared almost as quickly as it arrived, we have apparently had an average winter snowfall up to the end of February of around 90cm.… Continue reading