Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30162
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ***
Hola from the Vega Baja. Another chilly morning but at least it’s sunny with no wind.
Campbell appears to have taken a leaf out of RayT’s book this week and stretched a few of his synonyms a bit. Still, it was the usual Monday elegance and not too difficult. Seven clues involving anagrams should give you a good start if you don’t have the general knowledge required in 24a the answer is easily guessable from the checkers.
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A Puzzle by Tyjer
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Sunday Toughie No 45 by Zandio
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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I found this quite tricky last night, but sitting here and parsing it I don’t know why (I do now – I cannot spot an &lit for toffee). Zandio brings us a nice even 14a and 14d clues and I have hinted half (with a few bonus picture hints along the way)
Here we go…
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Enigmatic Variations 1568 (Hints)
Baby’s First Words by Ifor
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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Ifor needs no introduction for EV solvers. Dave Hennings’ crossword database tells us that he has been setting them since 2010 and this will be his 44th in the series.… Continue reading
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3189 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg, where, at the beginning of the month, we already have enough snow on the ground and appropriate temperatures that will ensure that we will have a White Christmas. … Continue reading
A Puzzle by Jaffa
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30161 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by crypticsue)
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On a very dark, cold and windy Saturday morning, we have what I thought was a fairly typical Saturday Prize Puzzle.
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Toughie No 2968 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
A nice steady solve, though back to 5* time for me. Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30160
Hints and tips by Senf
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****/*****
A very good Friday morning from Winnipeg.
Zandio was ‘on duty’ last Friday and Silvanus was on Toughie Duty yesterday, so my five bob and four ‘Xs’, one in each quadrant, something we haven’t seen for a while, should safely support this being a proXimal production.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30155
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 26th November 2022
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
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