Toughie No 2613 by Moeraki
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
An excellent Tuesday Toughie – hope our setter can find time to drop in and say hello. Continue reading “Toughie 2613”
Month: March 2021
DT 29630
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29630
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty ** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Tuesday. I found this offering a steady solve, helped along by some echoes of recent Tuesday puzzles. A pleasant experience overall. Continue reading "DT 29630"
DT 29629
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29629
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Hola from the Vega Baja on a bright sunny morning. It’s been a bit cold and wet here recently but yesterday normal service was resumed. Perhaps spring is about to sprung.
Today’s crossword is pretty standard Monday fare, not too difficult and quite enjoyable. Going through the acrosses I spotted the J in 1a and the Z in 21a so I thought we might be in for a pangram but it’s not, it’s missing F, K and X.
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Rookie Corner – 363
MPP 106 – Review
Monthly Prize Puzzle 106 – Review
March 2021
Permutations – A Puzzle by Phibs
This month’s winner of a Telegraph Crossword Puzzle Book of their choice is Jez Wagg who correctly read the instructions … Continue reading “MPP 106 – Review”
EV 1479 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1479
Transmutations by Wan
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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Wan’s crosswords appear in the Listener, Magpie, IQ and EV series. Thematic cryptic solvers are sure to have solved one of his before. With all that compiling experience, you can be sure that you are in safe hands, with fair clues.
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ST 3100 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3100 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where we continue to enjoy above seasonal average temperatures with very little precipitation so the farmers are complaining as they always do when it is too hot, too cold, too wet, too dry – but have you ever seen a farmer on a bike? … Continue reading
NTSPP – 580
DT 29628 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29628 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club
Hosted by Senf
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Another Saturday when you have not slept for over 24 hours. Tilsit has another commitment today, happily not involving hospitals, so I am standing, or should it be sitting, in again.… Continue reading
Toughie 2612
Toughie No 2612 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Osmosis keeps us on our toes with some wacky definitions and clever misleading surface readings.… Continue reading