Toughie No 2493 by Notabilis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
Some longer clues made for harder parsing. I had quite a few left to parse after completing the grid.… Continue reading
Month: August 2020
DT 29448
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29448
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Deep Threat is otherwise involved this week, so I have taken a rare opportunity to fully review a back-page puzzle. Continue reading “DT 29448”
DT 29443
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29443
A full review by gnomethang
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This puzzle was published on 15th August 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morming All! I found this a reasonably straightforward solve and the review made me like it a lot mre once I had a chance to appreciate the constructions. Continue reading “DT 29443”
Toughie 2492
Toughie No 2492 by Firefly
Hints and tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Firefly reverting to ‘less difficult’ mode today with quite a bit of ‘doing something with letters’ Continue reading “Toughie 2492”
DT 29447
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29447
Hints and tips by Kath
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BD Rating — Difficulty ***/**** — Enjoyment ****
Hello everyone. A Ray T crossword today – it has almost all his trademark clues and not many anagrams which perhaps contributed to my finding it pretty tricky – very much at the difficult end of his range, for me anyway, so I’ll look forward to hearing what everyone else thought.… Continue reading
Toughie 2491
Toughie No 2491 by Giovanni
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ***
Giovanni has cut down on the religious obscurities today and given us an entertaining puzzle with a pair of excellent anagrams, though there were still a couple of unknowns for me.… Continue reading
DT 29446
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29446
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
BD Rating – Difficulty **– Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
We’ve been having a brilliant spell of weather lately. A series of the heaviest frosts we have had this year followed by crisp, calm days under cloudless blue skies.… Continue reading
ST 3068
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3068
A full review by gnomethang
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This puzzle was published on 9th August 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! – Quite a fast solve for me but the usual Sunday enjoyment Continue reading “ST 3068”
Toughie 2490
Toughie No 2490 by Dada
Hints and tips by Zelda Fitzgerald
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from the village of Barrel where one falls asleep looking at Saturn and Jupiter and wakens to Magpies. Dozens of them. Downtown L I it ain’t but we are getting used to it. Continue reading “Toughie 2490”
DT 29445
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29445
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty ** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone. Today brings us another pleasant puzzle with uncomplicated wordplay, precise grammar, and smooth surfaces. Most weeks I ask our setter to reveal themselves in the comments, but they almost never do (with the notable exception of X-Type and CL). Which is a bit surprising since I'm pretty sure that almost all follow the blogs on their puzzles and see our mostly appreciative comments. So, this week let's try something different – it would be great to hear from readers who had their first unaided solve with this puzzle. If that's you, post a comment below and you'll receive lots of congratulations in return. Continue reading "DT 29445"