Toughie No 2985 by Robyn
Hints and tips by StephenL
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Good afternoon from a wet and windy South Devon coast, and as it my first blog of the year, Best Wishes to all for 2023.
Month: January 2023
DT 30187
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30187
Hints and tips by Twmbarlwm
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning, and a Happy New Year to you from West Wales. Thank you to Senf for sitting in for me (among others) last week.
I found today’s back-pager tremendous fun all round with no major hold-ups. Any pauses for thought were generally the result of some elegantly disguised splits between wordplay and definition, executed with great skill here. Continue reading “DT 30187”
DT 30186
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30186
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
New Years greetings from Ottawa where we are basking in unseasonably warm weather (about 15°C above normal for this time of year).… Continue reading
Rookie Corner 456
Sunday Toughie 49 (Hints)
Sunday Toughie No 49 by Robyn
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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Happy New Year to all.
I found this a bit of a grind last night but maybe because my nightcap of Bunnahabhain Toiteach a Dhà (smoky too) was delayed by some noisy fireworks and tricky parsing.
Here we go…
EV 1571 Hints
Enigmatic Variations 1571 (Hints)
Dotty Links by Wickball
Hints and tips by Phibs
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The sport of Sepat Takraw can be played with a wicker ball, and Wickball is also the name of an ancient camp in Wiltshire. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, I conclude that our setter is a devotee of kick volleyball who lives near Salisbury.
ST 3193 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3193 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg – a very Happy New Year to all and, with a variation on ‘it’s five o’clock somewhere,’ I raised my glass of Glenlivet to everyone a few seconds after 6:00pm my time yesterday evening.… Continue reading