Vintage Series Puzzle No. 1
Posted by Gazza
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We’re not going to be blogging this first puzzle in the Telegraph’s Vintage series but do feel free to add your comments and queries about it below.
Day: 28 July 2025
DT 30990
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30990
Hints and tips by Smylers
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Welcome to Monday and today’s cryptic crossword, one of those with long answers around all the sides, which can lead to solvers experiencing quite different overall solving times based on how many of the long ones they get straight away. (Zero in my case; I needed crossing letters for all of them.) Hints for and explanations of answers are below. Do leave a comment, especially if you haven’t commented before. Don’t worry about it being ‘too late’: many of us often do the crossword later in the day, and all comments get read no matter what time (or even day) they are made.
Did anybody else see Friday’s episode of Countdown? If you haven’t, it’s recommended for two reasons: it was a particularly good episode, with two fantastic players of the game, and one of those players was a Telegraph crossword setter.