Daily Telegraph Vintage No 23
Hints and Tips by Steve Cowling
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** Enjoyment ***
The first crossword to be set by Ruth Crisp and quite a crisp one it is too. It took a while to get into it and I’m still not sure of some of the parsing. There has been much discussion on the blog recently regarding anagram indicators and there are a couple of strange ones here. Anyway, enjoy today’s offering and please forgive any errors – I haven’t done this before.
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Toughie No 3533 by Dada
Hints and tips by Whybird
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Welcome to the Toughie week from an overcast but dry Wirral.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31009
Hints and tips by Huntsman
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It’s slowly starting to brighten up a bit here in Harpenden this morning so looks perfect for this afternoon’s scheduled battle with bats & ball on the links.
Today’s Plumb production is a reasonably straightforward proposition in terms of filling in the grid though I found one of the whys & a couple of the required synonyms less obvious. It’ll be interesting to see what others think.
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.
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