October 2024 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Month: October 2024

Toughie 3356

by Gazza  

Toughie No 3356 by Sparks
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***

Thanks to Sparks for what I thought was relatively straightforward for a Friday Toughie. It’s a pangram.

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DT 30742

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No Crossword 30742

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty **** -  Enjoyment **

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. A couple of clues in this nice puzzle resisted parsing for a while, which bumped the difficulty rating up to 4*.  Continue reading "DT 30742"

Toughie 3355

by Gazza  

Toughie No 3355 by Silvanus
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****

Silvanus is being fairly gentle with us today but as entertaining as ever. Thanks to him.

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DT 30741

by Shabbo  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30741
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***

Good morning from a very wet and grey Welwyn Garden City.  The classic “calling cards” of Queen and sweetheart indicate that this is by the master of brevity, RayT.  There are no fewer than six double definitions, which help to get the average word count down to a miserly 5.2 words/clue.
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DT 30740

by 2Kiwis  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30740

Hints and tips by 2Kiwis

BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***

Kia ora from Aotearoa.
We have once more been away in Wellington for a few days and missed out on our regular crossword pattern. Home now and catching up with things again.
A few tricky clues that required a bit of head-scratching for us this week.

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