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DT 29433

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29433

Hints and tips by Mr K

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty ** Enjoyment ***

Hello, everyone.  Bit of a general knowledge fest today.  Most of the answers were obvious from wordplay and checkers, but after the grid was filled I had to verify a few in the BRB.  Not really my idea of fun, but my opinion of this puzzle did go up as I wrote the hints.  There are some excellent clues here.  Continue reading "DT 29433"

DT 29432

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29432

Hints and tips by Falcon

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

Greetings from Ottawa, where we have just come through the hottest July in 99 years with 18 days on which the high temperature exceeded 30° C.… Continue reading

DT 29431 (Hints)

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29431 (Hints)

The Saturday Crossword Club
Hosted by Tilsit

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Morning everyone!

Here we go with another Saturday challenge.

I felt the difficulty rate was slightly up today, with the top left corner slightly trickier than the rest of the grid. Continue reading “DT 29431 (Hints)”

MPP – 099

Monthly Prize Puzzle (Aug 2020)

Faulty Keyboard 2 by Alchemi

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Why not have a go at our latest Monthly Prize Puzzle?

The winner will receive their choice of any of the Telegraph Crossword Books.

Please note that, due to punitive postal charges, while the competition is open to all, the prize is only available to UK solvers.

A review will follow after the closing date (15th Aug 2020).

The competition is now closed

Continue reading “MPP – 099”