December 2021 – Page 2 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

DT 29868

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29868

Hints and tips by pommers

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ****

Hola from the Vega Baja where the weather forecast is for a temperature of 24°C this afternoon!  If it happens it would be some sort of record for Christmas week.  Hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas and here’s hoping that 2022 turns out to be an improvement on 2021 – a Happy New Year to you all.

As for the crossword I’ll just repeat what I wrote last week – elegant clues, not too hard but a couple to cause some head scratching. I enjoyed it a lot and hope you did too.
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ST 3140 (Hints)

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3140 (Hints)

Hints and tips by Senf

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A very good Boxing Day morning from Winnipeg from where I trust that you have awoken from your tryptophan induced slumbers bright eyed and bushy tailed ready to take on Dada’s latest challenge.… Continue reading

DT 29862

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29862

A full review by Rahmat Ali

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This puzzle was published on 18th Dec 2021

BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ****

Greetings from Kolkata. A slightly tougher Saturday puzzle from Cephas that I still enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a review of the same for your kind perusal and noteworthy comment.
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