Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29689
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from the Vega Baja on a slightly chilly morning. It’s sure to warm up later as spring has definitely sprung here.
Not much to say about the crossword which hasn’t already been said on a Monday. It’s the usual fare, not too difficult but enjoyable. Today’s offering seems a bit light on anagrams so I know some of you will be disappointed but there’s a lot of good stuff to enjoy.
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A Puzzle by Median
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Enigmatic Variations 1489 (Hints)
Dating Agency by Ifor
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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Ifor is familiar to Listener, Magpie, IQ and EV solvers. You can be sure of a challenge wirh fairly difficult clues and an endgame that will be theme-packed and substantial. Continue reading “EV 1489 (Hints)”
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3110 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
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A very good Sunday morning from a windy Winnipeg.
Keep staying safe everyone.
For me, compared to the last couple of weeks, Dada is somewhat benevolent today. I counted six anagrams (three partials), two lurkers (both reversed), and two homophones (one partial) – all in a symmetric 28 clues, with 14 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading
A Puzzle by Hippogryph
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29688 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club
Hosted by Tilsit
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Good morning from a cloudy and slightly overcast Warrington. Just the start to a Bank Holiday weekend. Continue reading “DT 29688 (Hints)”
Toughie No 2652 by Sparks
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
A nice symmetric pattern of X’s. I wonder if I’m missing anything else here. A knowledge of Dutch (and Libyan) geography helped today.
Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29687
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs, with a bright start to the day but the likelihood of cloud and rain later.
I found today’s puzzle reasonably straightforward, with any obscurities easily gettable from the wordplay.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29682
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 22 May 2021
BD Rating – ** – ****
Greetings from Kolkata. Once again, I am delighted to write the full review of a Saturday puzzle for your perusal and valuable feedback. A really enjoyable puzzle from Cephas with some nice clues. Continue reading “DT 29682”
Toughie No 2651 by Giovanni
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment **
It always puts a damper on my solving enjoyment if I have to spend more time looking up things than in actually sorting out the wordplay. I’m afraid that the ‘toughness’ here came almost entirely from the obscurity of some of the answers.… Continue reading