Toughie No 3423 by Beam
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Beam’s in a very benevolent mood today – thanks to him.
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Month: February 2025
DT 30843
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30843
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Table View, a suburb of Cape Town, where we are staying with friends. Sunny and windy today – typical weather for the Cape. 32 degrees forecast for tomorrow.
Two rugby references for me to enjoy at 7a and 16a and a South African antelope in 6d. No safari for us this time, unfortunately, but we will be watching the Stormers v Bulls rugby match at the “new” stadium at Green Point in Cape Town on Saturday, followed by a braai, of course!
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Thank you setter.
EV 1679 (Solution)
Toughie 3422
Toughie No 3422 by Hudson
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty * – Enjoyment *****
It is always a joy and a pleasure to solve one of this setter’s crosswords (wherever he appears) and this one didn’t disappoint!… Continue reading
DT 30842
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30842
Hints and tips by Senf
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ***/****
A very good Wednesday morning from Winnipeg after a very comfortable first flight yesterday, The second one delayed by 90 minutes at Calgary, but still with my favourite Canadian airline Westjet!… Continue reading
Sunday Toughie 157 (Review)
Sunday Toughie No 157 by Zandio
Review by
Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 26th January
ST 3301 (full review)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3301
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 26th January 2025
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. A lovely and 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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Toughie 3421
Toughie No 3421 by Chalicea
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment **/***
Chalicea’s back with her magic (South African, Scandi and Scots today) dictionary, a couple of semicolons and even a bonus Quickie clue (19d).… Continue reading
DT 30841
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30841
Hints and tips by Huntsman
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** Enjoyment **/***
A perfectly pleasant & pretty 26a puzzle today although not perhaps one that will live long in the memory. It’ll be interesting to see if others have a different view but for me both this week & last have lacked a bit of the usual sparkle.
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DT 30840
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30840
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from Ottawa, where Winterlude, our annual winter festival, has got off to a very successful start. For the first time in three years we are actually experiencing winter-like weather – the ice sculptures are not melting and the entire length of the Rideau Canal Skateway is open. Temperatures are on bit of a roller coaster though with the daytime high cycling between -20 C and 0 C on almost a daily basis. To give you a taste, take a virtual stroll down Sparks Street as you watch the ice carvers at work and warm up by a fire while savouring Ottawa’s signature treat, the Beavertail (a delicious sugar-coated, deep fried pastry in the shape of a beaver’s tail).
I thought the puzzle was typical Monday fare although possibly lacking some of the usual sparkle – but perhaps that’s just me feeling a bit weary.
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