A Puzzle by Prolixic
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Month: April 2021
DT 29646 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29646 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club
Hosted by crypticsue
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Welcome to another chilly Saturday in Crosswordland – I’ve two thoughts on who set this Prize Puzzle so I’ll be interested to see if one of them turns up to claim responsibility. I’m a last minute stand-in for the hard-working Tilsit and have to have lunch quite promptly today as Mr CS has his second jab this afternoon. This means that I’ve not been able to add illustrations to these quickly bashed out hints (which may please some more than others). Continue reading “DT 29646 (Hints)”
Toughie 2624
Toughie No 2624 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
A good challenge From Elgar with plenty of entry points and a few laughs
Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.… Continue reading
DT 29645
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29645
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs on a drizzly Friday.… Continue reading
DT 29640
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29640
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 3rd April 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Saturday Prize Puzzles don’t get much more straightforward than this one from Chalicea Continue reading “DT 29640”
Toughie 2623
Toughie No 2623 by Serpent
Hints and tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
A proper Toughie as we’d expect from Serpent. Continue reading “Toughie 2623”
DT 29644
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29644
Hints and tips by Miffypops
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Big Dave’s Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good Morning from a rainy Barrel where your amiable blogger has solved in daylight. Unfortunately some clues left me in the dark until more checkers came along to help. Is it checkers or wavelength that see us through to the end? I say checkers. Feel free to differ. Continue reading “DT 29644”
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Toughie 2622
Toughie No 2622 by Hudson
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hudson has given us a witty and very enjoyable puzzle today – many thanks to him.… Continue reading
DT 29643
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29643
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
The biannual clock adjustments have now been made so we are now on ‘Winter Blogging Time’.
This means that we get the puzzles and start working on them at 11.00am whereas it does not happen for us until 1.00pm during the summer.… Continue reading