Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30668
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
Crosswords have had to take a back seat for us lately as we have had lots of family things happening.… Continue reading
Month: July 2024
Sunday Toughie 128 (Review)
Sunday Toughie No 128 by
Robyn
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 7th of July 2024
ST 3272 (full review)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3272
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 7th July 2024
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. A lovely, entertaining puzzle from Dada this Sunday that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a full review of his puzzle for your kind perusal and significant comments.
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Toughie 3305
Toughie No 3305 by Chalicea
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
It’s always grand to see Chalicea back on a Tuesday and she’s been quite sparing with her magic dictionary today, with just a splodge of Spanish, a dash of second-string definitions and, of course, a fourth stomach.
DT 30667
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30667
Hints and tips by Huntsman
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** Enjoyment ***
The sun is now shining in Harpenden after a gloomy start to the day.… Continue reading
DT 30666
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30666
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Ottawa, where I am enjoying some hot, sunny weather at the lake.… Continue reading
Rookie Corner 535
Sunday Toughie 129 (Hints)
Sunday Toughie No 129
by Zandio
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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Zandio taking it eas(ier) today, I managed to get hold of the puzzle about 11:30 last night and filled the grid before midnight, parsing the trickier ones took a similar amount of time and I was in the land of Nod before the news of the assassination attempt reached me.
Quite a few clues have remained unhinted but the usual plea “when in doubt look for a lurker…” should include reversals, that and anagrams should give enough checkers to get to completion. I will give a bonus nudge if required to the first to ask.
I have quite a lot of italics today (four Shakespearean characters – one from Roald Dahl and the Thunderer) but I can’t see any connection – maybe just a sub-editor being stylish
A nice even 14a and 14d clues today and I have hinted half
Here we go…
EV 1651 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1651 (Hints)
Upwardly Mobile by Luxor
Hints and tips by Phibs
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Following ChatGPT’s signal success in identifying Hercule Poirot as a suspect for 1649, this week my question was, “A themed crossword puzzle entitled ‘Upwardly Mobile’ asks us to identify the name of some ‘extraordinary phenomena’. What might these be?”
ST 3273 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3273 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where the forecast suggests that the heat and humidity will continue for the next two weeks at least with temperatures up to 30 degrees for several days in a row and the occasional thunderstorm just to provide a little variety.… Continue reading