A Puzzle by Jeemz
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Month: November 2024
DT 30785 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30785 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by crypticsue)
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Toughie 3384
Toughie No 3384 by Elgar
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
DT 30784
*Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30784
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. Over here today (Thursday) is Thanksgiving, which meant it was very late by the time I was able to download and hint this nice puzzle. So, no time for pics I’m afraid. I hope to do better next week. Continue reading "DT 30784"
DT 30779 (full review)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30779
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 23rd November 2024
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. A pleasant and straightforward Saturday puzzle from NYDK that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a review of the same for your kind perusal and significant feedback.
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Toughie 3383
Toughie No 3383 by Django
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Django is as entertaining and quirky as ever with quite a few gimmes thrown in to help us. Many thanks to him.
Please leave a comment telling us how you fared and what you liked about the puzzle.
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DT 30783
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30783
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning. Back to my usual Thursday slot and a nicely challenging puzzle to keep us all on our toes.
Quite a few clues involve adding, removing or swapping letters, so it pays to follow the wordplay carefully. A bit of GK is required at 13a, 8d, 12d & 20d, but nothing too tricky. I think 14a is a lovely anagram and we are treated to smooth surface reads virtually throughout.
In the blog below, the definition element of each clue has been underlined, anagrams are CAPITALISED and the crossword technique “indicator words” are in brackets. The answers are concealed under the “Click Here” buttons. Please leave a comment telling us how you got on and what you thought of the puzzle. Please also try to be positive – it’s only a bit of fun.
Thank you, setter.
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EV 1669 (Solution)
Toughie 3382
Toughie No 3382 by Weatherman
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
DT 30782
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30782
Hints and tips by Senf
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****
A very good Wednesday morning from Winnipeg. Well, after several feeble attempts over four or five days, Mother Nature finally gave us some snow starting two days ago – around 2cms, nothing like the amounts to the west of us.… Continue reading