Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3274 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where a typical Prairie summer continues.
For me, and I stress for me, I seemed to be right on Dada’s wavelength, not surprising I suppose as this is the 296th of his 297 Sunday puzzles that I have solved and blogged – six anagrams (three partials), one lurker, and one homophone all in a slightly asymmetric 30 clues; with 15 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading
A Puzzle by Starhorse
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30671 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by crypticsue)
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Toughie No 3308 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Osmosis has taken a leaf out of Beam’s book and given us a very enjoyable anagram-less puzzle. Thanks to him.
There’s a lot of cleverness on view in the grid. For a start we have (almost) a double pangram – there are no Hs but two of them are visible in the make-up of the grid. Also, we only have a single W but we do have a couple of spare Us (i.e. a double-U). Finally, and I don’t know how significant this is, several pairs of the higher scoring Scrabble letters appear separated by a single letter in the four quadrants (i.e. going clockwise from top-left Q?Q, X?X, Z?Z and J?J).
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30665
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 13th July 2024
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
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Toughie No 3307 by Django
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
It’s interesting how Django’s style has evolved since he started producing Toughies to write more succinct (but equally enjoyable) clues. Thanks to him for the entertainment.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30669
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
Another beautiful morning here in Welwyn Garden City. … Continue reading
EV1650
Undesirable Celebrity by Kruger
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Toughie No 3306 by Serpent
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
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