Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30975
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning, fellow puzzlers from a sundrenched Welwyn Garden City.… Continue reading
Month: July 2025
EV 1701 (Setter’s Blog)
Toughie 3510
Toughie No 3510 by Dharma
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment **
DT 30974
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30974
Hints and Tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** Enjoyment ****
The run of very enjoyable Wednesday puzzles continues (and the Quickie pun is pretty good too). Many thanks to our setter.
Continue reading “DT 30974”
Sunday Toughie 179 (Review)
Sunday Toughie No 179 by proXimal
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 29th of June 2025
ST 3323 (Full Review)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3323
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 29th June 2025
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. A lovely, straightforward puzzle from Dada this Sunday that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a full review of his puzzle for your kind perusal and valuable comment. Continue reading “ST 3323 (Full Review)”
Toughie 3509
Toughie No 3509 by Dada
Hints and tips by Whybird
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ****
Ouch! This was a bit of a shock to the system this morning. … Continue reading
DT 30973
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30973
Hints and tips by Huntsman
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BD Rating – Difficulty * Enjoyment ***/****
It’s a gorgeous sunny day here in Harpenden & not too hot. Unfortunately I’m nursing a sore back so the golf course will have to do without me today. Attending to a multitude of neglected household chores seems like the order of the day though I expect I’ll find ways to put them off.
Today’s Typically Tuesdayish production from the Prof (I assume) is a gentle puzzle that ought to please those who struggled with X-Type’s back-pager yesterday. As ever it very entertaining & full of 26d clueing throughout. As usual there are a selection of tunes for those interested to accompany the hopefully correct hints.
In the hints below the definition element of each clue has been underlined, anagrams are CAPITALISED & the crossword technique “indicator words” are in brackets. The answers are concealed under the Click Here buttons. Please leave a comment below telling us what you thought & how you got on with the puzzle.
DT 30972
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30972
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from Ottawa, where we are (depending on one’s point of view) enjoying/suffering from a heat wave with temperatures in the thirties.
I found today’s puzzle to be rather difficult and it took far longer than my normal time to crack (thus no illustrations today). However, that may just be due to me being overtired and not on top of my game.
In the hints below, underlining identifies precise definitions and cryptic definitions, FODDER is capitalized, and indicators are italicized. The answers will be revealed by clicking on the ANSWER buttons.
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