Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29705
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs, where we’re back to cloud and rain this morning.… Continue reading
Month: June 2021
DT 29700
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29700
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 12th June 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Straightforward to solve and easy to explain – that’ll do nicely on a hot Saturday when it was far too nice to be indoors typing a crossword blog!… Continue reading
Toughie 2663
Toughie No 2663 by Beam
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
You know what to expect from Beam – a puzzle where the main difficulty comes from reconciling some of the stretched synonyms.… Continue reading
DT 29704
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29704
Hints and tips by Miffypops
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from our temporary sojourn north of the border where the weather has been less than kind. Even less kind have been the midges, we were warned but golly bongs they do make life difficult. Home tomorrow via a night in The Lake District and dinner at Lucy’s in Ambleside Continue reading “DT 29704”
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Toughie 2662
Toughie No 2662 by Hudson
Hints and tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
A perfectly pitched start-of-the-week Toughie Continue reading “Toughie 2662”
DT 29703
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29703
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
Another enjoyable Wednesday solve with a couple of clues 16d and 22d that struck a particularly personal note for us.
A decidedly groan-worthy Quickie pun too. Continue reading “DT 29703”
ST 3111
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3111
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 06 Jun 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. I feel delighted in presenting to you the full review of yet another Sunday puzzle for your perusal and valuable opinion. Dada has given us this time a really challenging but enjoyable puzzle with few tricky clues amidst many impressive ones. Continue reading “ST 3111”
Toughie 2661
Toughie No 2661 by Moeraki
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
This is Moeraki’s third Toughie (the last one was back in March). It contains several words that may not be in the vocabulary of many solvers, but all answers were easy enough to derive. Continue reading “Toughie 2661”
DT 29702
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29702
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty ** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone. It's Tuesday and the puzzle is Tuesdayish, so all is right with the world. I thought the clueing in this crossword was a tad uneven, but overall it was an enjoyable solve. Continue reading "DT 29702"