Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29591
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from a grey South Staffs.… Continue reading
Month: February 2021
DT 29586
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29586
A full review by crypticsue
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
This puzzle was published on 30th January 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
This had the feeling of a different setter to ‘usual’ – old friends, lots of anagrams and insertions and a couple of definitions to make you think
Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.… Continue reading
Toughie 2587
Toughie No 2587 by Serpent
Hints and tips by crypticsue
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Difficulty ****/***** – Enjoyment ***
You can usually rely on Serpent to give us both a proper Toughie and a Nina and that’s definitely the case today. Continue reading “Toughie 2587”
DT 29590
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29590
Hints and tips by Kath
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating — Difficulty **+ — Enjoyment ****
Hello everyone. A Ray T crossword – I thought it was of about average difficulty for him although it did have its moments!… Continue reading
EV 1471
Toughie 2586
Toughie No 2586 by Stick Insect
Hints and tips by Gazza
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ***
Stick Insect hasn’t just given us a pangram today, he’s given us a double pangram.… Continue reading
DT 29589
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29589
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
BD Rating – Difficulty **– Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
Congratulations Jay. We learnt in the latest Telegraph Puzzles Newsletter that our regular Wednesday setter has reached the amazing milestone of 1000 (yes, one thousand) Cryptic crosswords compiled for The Telegraph.… Continue reading
ST 3092
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3092
A full review by gnomethang
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
This puzzle was published on 24th January 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty **– Enjoyment ***
Morning All! A couple of clues held me up (notably 1 Across!) which put this in to tw0-star territory but it contained the usual solid and occasionally whimsical clueing from Mr Halpern..
Please leave a comment telling us what you thought. Continue reading “ST 3092”
Toughie 2585
Toughie No 2585 by Dada
Hints and tips by Miffypops
I’m not here to be perfect. I’m here to be me
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning from Barrel. Today Dada has supplied us with a true Toughie. Definitions and synonyms are stretched to the limit in this tantalising puzzle. I found it a pleasure to tease out the answers one by one relying on wordplay, definitions and if nothing else fits it must be right so bung it in’ to fill the lights. Continue reading “Toughie 2585”
DT 29588
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29588
Hints and tips by Mr K
+ - + - + - + - + - + - + - +
BD Rating - Difficulty ** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone. Apologies for the rushed blog and illustrations, but work is demanding a lot of my time today. I thought that this was a solid well-crafted Tuesday puzzle. Felt to me like it might be the work of one of the Tuesday compilers who sometimes posts comments here. Continue reading "DT 29588"