Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30132
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from Ottawa, where ghosts and goblins will be prowling the streets tonight.… Continue reading
Month: October 2022
Rookie Corner 447
Sunday Toughie 40 (hints)
Sunday Toughie 40 by Robyn (Hints)
Hints and Tips by Gazza
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SJB feared that he might be rather under the weather today after the jollifications in York so I’m standing in for him with the Toughie hints.… Continue reading
EV 1563 Hints
Enigmatic Variations 1563 (Hints)
Belief Systems by Serpent
Hints and tips by Phibs
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I gather that our setter’s alias derives from the name of the block cipher (cryptographic algorithm) which came second in the contest to establish the Advanced Encryption Standard. Why not choose the name of the winner? Well, Rijndael doesn’t quite have the same ring about it, and anyway Serpent was arguably the hardest of the lot to crack – let’s hope that cracking this puzzle isn’t quite so tough…
ST 3184 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3184 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where on Monday with 30mm plus of, thankfully, rainfall from our first Colorado Low of this Autumn/Winter season, and with two months of the year left, 2022 became the wettest year on record with a total, so far, of 740mm.… Continue reading
NTSPP 664
S&B 2022: “Starred Connections” by Elgar
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DT 30131 (hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30131 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by crypticsue)
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Good morning from an unseasonably warm autumn day here in East Kent. Continue reading “DT 30131 (hints)”
Toughie 2948
Toughie No 2948 by Sparks
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Some things I didn’t know, but all fairly clued of course.… Continue reading
DT 30130
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30130
Hints and tips by Senf
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BD Rating – Difficulty ****/***** – Enjoyment ***
A very good Friday morning from Winnipeg.
As he was on Toughie duty yesterday this is unlikely to be a Silvanus production; it can happen, we did have him for Thursday Toughie/Friday back pager 6 weeks ago but, according to the myth, lightning never strikes in the same place twice. … Continue reading
DT 30125 (full review)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30125
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 22nd Oct 2022
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata.… Continue reading