Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27175
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
A fairly typical offering from the Saturday Mysteron, well I thought so anyway.
Author: crypticsue
DT 27169
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27169
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
A lovely straightforward inside backpager – just right for a busy Saturday Lots to smile at – I assume the setter was Cephas as there are a number of his inventively-indicated anagrams throughout.
ST 2689
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2689
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****
We got an awful lot of lovely Virgilius clues for our money on the last Sunday in April, so many in fact that when I printed off the puzzle, two of the Across clues and one Down clue appeared on a second piece of paper. My Green Impact persona might complain at the use of an extra sheet of paper, but the crossword addict in me was delighted to have more fun from the Sunday Maestro.
NTSPP – 169
DT 27169 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27169 (Hints)
Big Dave’s Crossword Club
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, an assortment of clues, including some of the more difficult ones, have been selected and hints provided for them.
ST 2688
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2688
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
The usual entertaining start to Sunday morning – Virgilius puzzles are definitely the highlight of my solving week. My top favourites this time were 10a, 27a, and 16d.
DT 27157
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27157
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
A typical Cephas crossword to get Saturday morning started. Lots of his usual anagrams but this time with the addition of a few double definitions along the way.
ST 2687
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2687
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Sundays are the highlight of my crosswording week and so it is no hardship at all to stand in for Gnomey while he is on his hols. My top favourites in this particular fine example of a Virgilius puzzle were 15a, 17a, 26a, and 27a.
MPP – 011 (Review)
Monthly Prize Puzzle No 11 (April 2013) by Prolixic
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A review by crypticsue
Congratulations to Pete Cohen who was the winner of this month’s prize of one of Hamlyn’s Telegraph Puzzle Books [Pete has declined the prize, which will be carried over to the may competition. BD]. His name was drawn from the electronic ‘hat’ by Mrs BD as he was one of the solvers who had correctly spotted all the excuses (6d’s) that are used for travel delays (listed at the end of the review) – our Prolixic being a person who commutes to work by train, I am sure he has heard these many more times than he would like!