Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30820
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty ***** - Enjoyment **
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. I found today’s puzzle convoluted and difficult. Continue reading "DT 30820"
Month: January 2025
DT 30815 (Full Review)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30815
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 4th January 2025
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Toughie 3407
Toughie No 3407 by Beam
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Thanks to Beam for another entertaining puzzle with all his usual trademarks.
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DT 30819
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30819
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Perfect Thursday fare. Thank you setter.
When blogging I tend to concentrate on the parsing, for obvious reasons, and my page is full of scribbled notes. Having now re-read all of the clues, I can admire the smooth surface reads and appreciate how good this puzzle is. Not a single clue that looks or sounds like a crossword clue – they all read perfectly well as sentences in their own right. I was grateful for the checking letters to confirm the spelling of 12a and 22a. I had too many ticks to list here. Which were your favourites?
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.
EV 1675 (Solution)
Toughie 3406
Toughie No 3406 by Hudson
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
A lovely start of the week Toughie, just as we have come to expect from Hudson.
DT 30818
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30818
Hints and tips by Senf
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
A blog-lite today as I was out late yesterday evening giving money away and I completed this offering at zero dark thirty. … Continue reading
Sunday Toughie 153 (Review)
Sunday Toughie No 153 by
Robyn
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 29th of December 2024
ST 3297 (full review)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3297
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 29th December 2024
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. A nice, friendly puzzle from Dada this Sunday that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a full review of his puzzle for your kind perusal and significant feedback.
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SP-013 (Full Review)
New Year’s Day 2025 Double Toughie by Elgar
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 1st January 2025 and is available here