Month: April 2021
Toughie 2626
Toughie No 2626 by Django
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A pleasant puzzle which didn’t put up too much of a fight – thanks to Django.… Continue reading
DT 29649
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29649
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
Autumn weather! We put this blog together accompanied by thunder and lightning with torrential rain and then, by the time we were adding the finishing touches, we were back to blue skies with white fluffy clouds once again.… Continue reading
ST 3102
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3102
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 4th April 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
The sort of Sunday service we have come to expect from Dada – my Across favourite was 22a and my Down favourite was 18d
Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.… Continue reading
Toughie 2625
Toughie No 2625 by Dada
Hints and tips by Miffypops
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good day from our humble abode here in Barrel. We start the Toughie week with a genuine Toughie fairly clued. I had no idea who had set this one when I started but quickly decided Dada was the chief suspect. It’s not often that I identify a setter so I think a pint later is in order Continue reading “Toughie 2625”
DT 29648
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29648
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty ** - Enjoyment ****
Hello, everyone. I romped through the top half of today's puzzle and then came to a screeching halt in the bottom half. My 2* difficulty rating is the average of 1* for the top and 3* for the bottom. It's a well-crafted puzzle with quite a few smiles raised during the enjoyable solve. There's also a food theme running through it. I wonder if that has any significance? Continue reading "DT 29648"
DT 29647
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29647
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from Ottawa, where we have recently enjoyed a nice run of summer-like weather but are now back to more seasonable conditions with April showers in the cards for the next week.… Continue reading
Rookie Corner – 366
EV 1482 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1482
MAP by Gaston
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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Gaston is a familiar name to EV solvers and needs no introduction.
Preamble: Eight suitably positioned and thematically connected elements are hidden in the completed grid .… Continue reading
ST 3103 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3103 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where we are about to ‘catch up’ (I use the term loosely) with our neighbouring Provinces and enter a Third Wave of Covid partly because of Canada’s pitiful vaccination rate – as of yesterday, Canada is 35th, compared to the UK’s 7th, in the ‘league table’ of vaccination rates by country. … Continue reading