Month: August 2023
Toughie 3114
Toughie No 3114 by Donnybrook
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****
Another fun ‘start of the week’ Toughie from Donnybrook with some long anagrams and some splendid bits of wordplay in many of the clues Continue reading “Toughie 3114”
DT 30380
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30380
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
Our rugby crazy country has been totally captivated by the Women’s Football World Cup. People who never watch sport (one of our team for example) have become enthusiastic fans and compulsive viewers.… Continue reading
Sunday Toughie 80 (Review)
Sunday Toughie No 80 by Zandio
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 6th of August 2023
ST 3224 (Full Review)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3224
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Toughie No 3113
Toughie No 3113 by Chalicea
Hints and tips by StephenL
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
Hello everyone from a sunny South Devon coast.
DT 30379
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30379
Hints and tips by Huntsman
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ***/****
Made the fatal error of thinking I’d pressed the snooze button on the ⏰ and hopelessly overslept.… Continue reading
DT 30378
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30378
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Ottawa, where the disaster of the week was a deluge of Biblical proportions causing widespread flooding (Where is Noah when you need him?… Continue reading
Rookie Corner 488
A Puzzle by Hopping Rhino
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Sunday Toughie 81 (Hints)
Sunday Toughie No 81 by proXimal
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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The puzzle came together quite steadily last night but some of the parsings came on a much later bus, particularly the school lesson. The Reverend Spooner gave me a bit of a fright but not for long today.
14a and 16d clues and I have done my best to keep hints down to half, as ever I remain available for extra nudges if required.
Here we go, Folks…