Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30983
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 19th July 2025
BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
Month: July 2025
Toughie 3519
Toughie No 3519 by Beam
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***/****
The usual tight clueing from Beam: no anagrams and a raft of inventive, but fair, synonyms.… Continue reading
DT 30987
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30987
Hints and tips by Huntsman
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** Enjoyment ***
Overcast here in Harpenden this morning & with rain in the forecast this afternoon so no golf.
Shabbo is off to Suffolk hence our swap which takes me out of my Anthony Plumb comfort zone. I was expecting a Smooth production but pretty certain it’s not one of his & wouldn’t like to hazard a guess at who the setter is. I found it pretty straightforward other than some doubt as to what to underline in a couple of the clues. There’s rather a lot of GK which I guess is fine if you’re familiar with it so I’ll be interested to see what others think.
Great to see some new commenters on yesterday’s blog. I do hope that having de-lurked they comment again.
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EV1703 (Solution)
Toughie 3518
Toughie No 3518 by Hudson
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty * – Enjoyment *****
DT 30986
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30986
Hints and Tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** Enjoyment ***
I thought that this was set at about the right level (in terms of difficulty) for a Wednesday with my only real difficulty coming in the decipherment of the Quickie pun. I enjoyed the puzzle; thanks to our setter.
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Sunday Toughie 181 (Review)
Sunday Toughie No 181 by Light
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 13th July 2025 Continue reading “Sunday Toughie 181 (Review)”
ST 3325 (Full Review)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3325
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 13th July 2025
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. A lovely, delightful puzzle from Dada this Sunday that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a full review of his puzzle for your kind perusal and valuable comments. Continue reading “ST 3325 (Full Review)”
Toughie 3517
Toughie No 3517 by Donnybrook
Hints and tips by Whybird
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
Hello from an overcast, not-exactly-warm Wirral peninsula. I am right, it is a Tuesday again, isn’t it? … Continue reading
DT 30985
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30985
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning, fellow puzzlers. No good asking me who the setter is on this puzzle, as I am well outside my Thursday comfort zone, having swopped days with Huntsman this week.
There is a European feel to today’s puzzle, with references to Finland, Germany, France, Portugal and Scotland, with Europe itself making an appearance in 2d. A pleasant enough solve and fairly gentle as befits a Tuesday. If pushed, I would propose 3d as my CoD.
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.
Many thanks to our setter and to the DT Crossword Team.