Toughie No 2567 by Beam
Hints and tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
In all the ups and downs of this very trying year, one thing has remained the same Continue reading “Toughie 2567”
Month: December 2020
DT 29560
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29560
Hints and tips by Miffypops
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Rating by Manders – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning from behind two face masks and a Perspex visor. Please keep at least two metres of distance between us. Your beshingled blogger in Barrel went to bed in Tier three and woke up in Tier four. Bugger! I have survived so far and would like to survive some more. Continue reading “DT 29560”
EV 1466
Double Toughie 100012
Christmas Day Double Toughie No 100,012
‘Bubbles’ by Elgar
Hints and Tips by Fred and Ginger
This puzzle was published on Christmas Day 2020
Difficulty ***** Enjoyment *****
Here we go with the 12th annual Elgar Festive Double. Continue reading “Double Toughie 100012”
Toughie 2566
Toughie No 2566 by Django
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
This annus horribilis is drawing to a close so may I wish everyone a Safer and Happier 2021.… Continue reading
DT 29559
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29559
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
BD Rating – Difficulty **– Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
A calm before the storm here as we are expecting lots of family to be arriving soon. They will be with us for a few days over New Year before heading off in various directions.… Continue reading
ST 3087
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3087
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 20th December 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment **
A very straightforward Sunday offering Continue reading “ST 3087”
Toughie 2565
Toughie No 2565 by Dada
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
A proper Toughie on a Tuesday – what is the world coming to! Continue reading “Toughie 2565”
DT 29558
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29558
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty * - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to my last blog of 2020. Happy to see the end of that awful year. I was bang on wavelength today, completing this one in a single pass top to bottom. First time that's ever happened for me. I was definitely helped by the inclusion of an above average number of Usual Suspects. Smooth surfaces and tight wordplay made for an enjoyable solve. Continue reading "DT 29558"
DT 29557
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29557
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from the Vega Baja. I hope you all had as good a Christmas as possible under the current circumstances. Pommette and I had a quiet time at home having cancelled our usual trip to Benidorm, although we did have a rather enjoyable pizza party with a few friends on boxing day via Skype.
I thought today’s puzzle was fairly benign but still enjoyable. There’s a couple of veiled allusions Peter Sellers films and one clue that’s spookily similar to one that was in yesterday’s puzzle. All-in-all I thought it was pretty good.
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