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Toughie No 3436 by Karla
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Karla makes a very welcome visit to the Friday Toughie slot – many thanks to him for the enjoyable challenge.
The right-hand side went in pretty quickly for me but the left slowed me down. I didn’t know the 9a record, the 1d plum or the 18a mammal but all were very fairly clued.
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. Continue reading "DT 30862"
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This puzzle was published on 22nd February 2025
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. A nice, lovely 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 No 3435 by Silvanus
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
I thought that Silvanus was being fairly gentle with us today. Thanks to him for the enjoyable challenge.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30861
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
RayT or not RayT, that is the question. The brevity of clueing, the single word answers and the sweetheart in 14d, suggest that this is indeed the work of our regular setter on alternate Thursdays. I may just have been “on wavelength” today, but I found this more straightforward than most of Ray’s Thursday offerings, with my favourite clues being 12a, 24a and 25d.
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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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
A very good Wednesday morning from Winnipeg from where I must apologise to the meteorologists for doubting their accuracy in forecasting the end of the Arctic Deep Freeze.… Continue reading
Sunday Toughie No 160 by Zandio
Review by
Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 16th February
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This puzzle was published on 16th February 2025
BD Rating –Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***