Christmas by 8ball
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Month: December 2020
EV 1467 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1467 (Hints)
The Flavour of the Month by Gos
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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Gos is a familiar name to Listener solvers where he has compiled ten over the last 24 years.… Continue reading
ST 3088 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3088 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg for the last Dada on Sunday (he is on Toughie duty on Tuesday) of the year, where, based on the Canadian criteria, we had a White Christmas by virtue of the 25cms or so of snow that we had on Sunday/Monday and Tuesday/Wednesday and the minus too much temperatures that insured that there was no melting away.… Continue reading
Richard Palmer
Richard at the Listener Dinner 2014 (Cheltenham)
We’ve just heard that one of our Saturday setters, Richard Palmer, who was also Messinae in The Toughie series, passed away in hospital yesterday. Continue reading “Richard Palmer”
NTSPP – 568
DT 29556 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29556 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club
Hosted by Tilsit
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Good morning and I hope you’ve had a good festive period thus far.
I have no printer where I am staying and so tried to find the DT Crossword App (is there one?) and had no success. I tried via the website on my iPad and gave up after half an hour as I couldn’t enter answers. Continue reading “DT 29556 (Hints)”
Toughie 100012
Toughie No 100012 by Firefly
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Dutch seems to have gone awol today, so this was put together quickly. Continue reading “Toughie 100012”
DT 100012
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 100,012
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning and Happy Christmas from South Staffs.… Continue reading
DT 29551
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29551
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 19th December 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
A fairly average Saturday Prize Puzzle Continue reading “DT 29551”
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to all our readers
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Big Dave and the team of bloggers would once again like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas 2020 and a Happy New Year in 2021.
A special thank you to all the crossword setters, especially to those who have taken the time to leave comments on the blog, and to Chris Lancaster and his team at Telegraph Puzzles.
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