Toughie No 3401 by Dharma
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****/*****
An utterly charming puzzle from Dharma to see out the year in style: cunning misdirection, masked definitions and typically smart surfaces. Nowt outlandish here. My difficulty rating will, I’m sure, meet with snorts of derision as per usual, but Dharma’s style has always suited me down to the ground. Hopefully, I won’t be entirely alone! All yours.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30811
Hints and tips by Huntsman
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BD Rating – Difficulty * Enjoyment ***
It falls to Anthony Plumb to provide us with the last back page puzzle of the year & as Senf would say it’s about as typical Tuesdayish as you can get. I’ll avoid 7 on RogB’s BD bingo card (see yesterday’s comments) & just award the one * for difficulty as I doubt many will need to refer to any hints. As ever concisely clued & an enjoyable solve.
The migration to the new puzzles site took some getting used to for those solving digitally but it has been another tremendous year of high quality DT guzzles. Many thanks to Chris Lancaster & all of the compilers who provide us with our daily fix. All that remains is to wish everyone connected with the blog a very happy & healthy new year.
In the following hints, definitions are underlined, indicators are mostly in parentheses, and answers are revealed by clicking where shown as usual. Please leave a comment below on how you got on with the puzzle.
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Sunday Toughie No 152 by Zandio
Review by
Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 22nd December
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3296
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 22nd December 2024
BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30810
Hints and tips by Smylers
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A belated Merry Christmas to everybody who reads this blog, whether every day or just popping in from time to time. I ought to have been the first blogger to offer Christmas greetings, but on December 16th I failed to remember that it was my final hinting before Christmas, so you’re getting it late instead.
It’s a Monday — whether it feels like it or not — so here are hints and explanations for today’s Telegraph Crossword, with definitions underlined. Do comment below with how you found the puzzle, any questions about it, and which clues you like best.
One of our regular between-Christmas-and-New-Year treats is a visit to Saltaire to see their Living Advent Calendar — real windows which have been decorated, a new one being unveiled each day in the run up to Christmas. Worth seeing if you’re anywhere nearby, and especially recommended to fans of cats, which seem to feature in many of the windows. Here are some of our favourites:
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A Puzzle by Moobius
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Sunday Toughie No 153
by Robyn
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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Ooh a Robyn – he was given a Sunday off (for good behaviour perhaps) but after a Beamish interlude he is back with a delightful Sunday Toughie
We have 16a and 14d clues and I have hinted half. I am sure some tricky ones remain unhinted so I will try and provide an extra nudge if you get stuck
Here we go…
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Enigmatic Variations 1675 (Hints)
Self-Similarity by Luxor
Hints and tips by Phibs
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Hexagonal grids are far from unknown in the world of the themed puzzle, and they are more common now that there is software out there to create and fill them, but I can’t find any record of a hexagonal EV having appeared previously, at least not in recent years.
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3297 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg for the last Sunday Puzzle of the year!
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A Puzzle by Meles
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