Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30899 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by crypticsue)
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Month: April 2025
Toughie 3460
Toughie No 3460 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
Osmosis always gives us a proper Toughie with cunningly disguised definitions and clever wordplay. Today there are no anagrams and only the absence of K stops the puzzle from being a pangram. I enjoyed working through it – thanks to our setter.
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DT 30898
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30898
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty **** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to, for me, a DNF Friday. Continue reading "DT 30898"
DT 30893 (full review)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30893
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 5th April 2025
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. A great, lovely Saturday puzzle from NYDK that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a review of the same for your kind perusal and significant comments.
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Toughie 3459
Toughie No 3459 by Django
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Great fun from Django today. Many thanks to him.
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DT 30897
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30897
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from sunny Welwyn Garden City. I hope the weather is being kind to you, wherever you are.
It didn’t take me long to realise that this puzzle is the handiwork of RayT, albeit in fairly benign mood. Please let us know how you got on. I am still struggling with the Quickie Pun. Any help gratefully received. The current Mrs Shabbo has come to the rescue!
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, Ray.
EV1688 (Solution)
Toughie 3458
Toughie No 3458 by Prime
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
A just right for a Wednesday Toughie with lots to enjoy, including two opportunities for multiple ear worms!
DT 30896
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30896
Hints and tips by Senf
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BD Rating – Difficulty 2.5* – Enjoyment 4.5*
A very good Wednesday morning from Winnipeg where, as suggested by the Clipart above, today is my 500th blog; totally eclipsed by Crypticsue, Gazza, and Prolixic of course, but, among the mere mortals, doing quite well – 426 Sunday Puzzles, including the first Sunday Toughie, and 74 assorted SPPs and Back Pagers.… Continue reading
Sunday Toughie 166 (Review)
Sunday Toughie No 166 by proXimal
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 30th of March 2025