Toughie No 2908 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
In retrospect this all looks reasonable, but I struggled to the point where it started affecting my enjoyment. Again, Osmosis omits many letters of the alphabet from the grid.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30070
Hints and tips by Sloop John Bee
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good Morning from North Yorkshire. Deep Threat is otherwise engaged today. I am back for another go at the Friday back pager. I continue to enjoy writing hinty blogs and hope to see some of you next on a Sunday Toughie.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30065
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 13th Aug 2022
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from Kolkata. Once again, a friendly and straightforward Saturday puzzle from Cephas that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a review of the same for your kind perusal and valuable feedback.… Continue reading
Toughie No 2907 by Firefly
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ***
Thanks to Firefly for a pleasant Thursday Toughie. There are two words that I didn’t know which made me add an extra half-star for difficulty.
Please leave a comment telling us how you fared and what you thought of the puzzle.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30069
Hints and tips by StephenL
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning everyone from a sunny South Devon coast where the water was calm and warm for my early sea swim.
Our esteemed setter has given us what I thought was a corker of a puzzle, I had to work quite hard to get an unaided finish, which only added to the enjoyment.… Continue reading
EV 1551
Opinion by Chalicea
Setter’s Blog
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Toughie No 2906 by Giovanni
Hints and tips by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30068
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
Truffles. About a year ago at a family gathering we happened to mention that we had never knowingly tasted truffles. Our son Nick stored this information in his mind and has been on the lookout ever since. On Saturday, recently returned from a trip to Christchurch, he arrived at our place with a small glass jar containing a fresh black truffle about the size of a thumbnail, sitting in a little nest of rice which acts as a desiccant.… Continue reading
Sunday Toughie No 28 by Zandio
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 7th of August 2022
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3172
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 7th August 2022
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A typical Dada Sunday crossword Continue reading “ST 3172 (full review)”