Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30223
Hints and tips by Twmbarlwm
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning. I thought this was great fun, with some very tight clueing and clever deceptions. It seemed that for every solution that went in fairly quickly, there was another that held me up for longer than normal, particularly in the top half, a sign of a testing but fair challenge. Many thanks to the setter. Continue reading “DT 30223”
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30222
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from Ottawa, where the weather is unseasonably warm.… Continue reading
A Puzzle by Avtaar
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Sunday Toughie No 55 by Robyn
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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Robyn gets the Sunday Toughie difficulty just about right for me, grid filled in time for a good seven hours kip and the trickier parsings seemed to sort themselves out in my dreams. A biblical moaner, several middle easterners, a musical way of playing and the musical based on Puccini’s La Bohème all make an appearance.
We also have a repeat of an answer in yesterday’s prize but clued in a slightly more risque way. An equally risque definition of hell too…
14a and 14d clues today and I have hinted half.
Here we go…
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Enigmatic Variations 1577 (Hints)
Reality Check by Opsimath
Hints and tips by Phibs
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In the setter’s blog for Listener puzzle 4600, Opsimath wrote “This was one of the very first puzzles I attempted to set. I know, because I only stumbled on my pseudonym while looking for suitable words to use for the grid. Putting *psi* into TEA produces loads of words like campsite and lop-sided, but oΨmath caught my eye and seemed appropriate, since I was already well into my 60’s when I even started to think about setting. Plus, I was always a Math teacher. To save you rushing to Chambers, an opsimath is someone who learns late in life. I’ll admit to having been offered the very best schooling from an early age, but I only started to learn quite recently.”
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3199 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where we have continued to enjoy above seasonal normal temperatures with very little new precipitation.… Continue reading
A Puzzle by Jaffa
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30221 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by crypticsue)
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A pangram with several anagrams – there’s no doubt in my mind as to who set today’s Saturday Prize Puzzle
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Toughie No 3008 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
Elgar back to full-on toughie style. I was left with about 5 unsolved well after 5* time, when I eventually saw 23a and 5d, giving me the rest.… Continue reading