Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31012
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. Continue reading "DT 31012"
Month: August 2025
DT 31007 (Full Review)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31007
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 16th August 2025
BD Rating –Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
DT Vintage 25
Daily Telegraph Vintage No 25
Hints and Tips by Rossophile
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** Enjoyment ***
Welcome to my latest, and possibly last effort in this enlightening and enjoyable vintage series. It depends whether Saturday V27 has already been covered on the BD blog, otherwise I can have a go. A few unknown words today, and some tenuous parsings. Our volunteer Deansleigh is in charge tomorrow
Continue reading “DT Vintage 25”
Toughie 3535
Toughie No 3535 by Beam
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***/****
Typically with Beam, the trickery lies not so much in the construction but the synonyms.… Continue reading
DT 31011
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31011
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning, fellow puzzlers.
Well it is definitely not RayT today and I don’t think it is Silvanus either, so over to you, dear reader, for Guess the Setter. Senf – you might need more than one of your hard earned loonies for this one.
I think this is a lovely puzzle and perfectly pitched for a Thursday. What do you think?
As Daisy has freely admitted to being in her tenth decade, in the interests of safety and her own wellbeing, I will not be posting an image for 8d. Barely worth the risk.
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.
Many thanks to our mystery setter and to the DT Crossword Team.
EV1707 (Setter’s Blog)
DT Vintage 24
Daily Telegraph Vintage No 24
Hints and Tips by Deansleigh
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** Enjoyment ***
Congratulations to Steve Cowling on his first blog yesterday. Welcome to the Vintage blogging team, Steve! It took me a while to get going with this puzzle, but once I was on the setter’s wavelength, the answers started to come steadily. Many thanks to the setter, Richard Browne.
Toughie 3534
Toughie No 3534 by Silvanus
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
DT 31010
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31010
Hints and Tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** Enjoyment ***
An enjoyable puzzle which should find favour with most solvers. There is an error (now corrected online) in the original clue for 4d. There are paired answers in all four corners of the grid – can you spot any more? Continue reading “DT 31010”
Sunday Toughie 185 (Review)
Sunday Toughie No 185 by Light
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 10th August 2025 Continue reading “Sunday Toughie 185 (Review)”