Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2577
A full review by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Big Dave’s introduction on Sunday said it all “Not a difficult puzzle, more a film quiz.” It was essential to read the editor’s note first – “In this Oscars Special, some answers include figures. A figure 1 should be input as the letter I”. Only three answers actually contained numbers, and in one of those the numerals were Roman.
Virgilius’s alter ego Brendan set a similarly themed crossword in the Saturday Guardian, the wordplay of which would have taken some working out, so I was a little apprehensive when starting to solve this one. However, with my love of cryptics and the amount of useful/less(?) trivia I remember, I had no problems at all apart from sorting out the ‘numberals’. Thanks to Virgilius from me and the (relatively few) others who enjoyed solving this one, especially Barrie!
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26480
A Full Review by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
This crossword came at the end of a very strange week for the DT Cryptics with the usual order of level of difficulty being much disrupted, and the Prize Puzzle followed the trend being trickier than normal – still only 3* difficulty for me, although I appreciate others will have given it a 4* rating. Thanks to the Mysteron for setting us all the perfect challenge for a very very wet Saturday.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26474
A full review by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
This was one of those crosswords where I struggled to get going but found when I had finished that it had taken me no longer than usual to solve. Thanks to Cephas for a nice Saturday puzzle with an interesting mix of clues.
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2574
A full review by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
This was the perfect cryptic for a busy Sunday – didn’t take too long to solve but the wordplay was very enjoyable. There was a little muttering about a ‘chestnut’ but I prefer to think of such clues as old friends and I am not sure there actually were any this time. Thanks to Virgilius once again for another Sunday morning treat.
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2573
A full review by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
As I said to Gnomethang, we are going to have terrible trouble reviewing Sunday Prize Puzzles as Virgilius gives us such wonderful entertaining clues that we are going to run out of superlatives. Today’s puzzle was no exception – it had a theme, a variety of wonderful clues and was enjoyed by all.
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2572
A full review by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Another Sunday treat from Virgilius – a super mix of clues from the straightforward to the very deceptive; so thanks once again to the Sunday Supremo for an excellent, enjoyable brain stretching workout.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26456
A full review by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
This Saturday was the turn of the mystery setter to provide some excellent entertainment – one of those puzzles where I started off thinking I might struggle, soon got into the swing of it and ended up delighted to have solved it in a good time. A very nice mix of clues…or were there too many double definitions?.
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2571
A full review by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Being a relative newcomer to the world of the Sunday Telegraph Cryptic, it always takes me quite a few clues to get into the mind of Virgilius. As usual, it was well worth the effort as this was a great crossword which seemed to be enjoyed by all on the day.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26450
A full review by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***/****
A lovely treat of a crossword from Cephas today so a big thank you to him. Didn’t mind that I solved it quickly because I knew I was going to enjoy it all over again doing this review. I had lots of favourite clues so have marked them in blue.
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Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 049 (Review)
With thanks to… by Prolixic
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
This puzzle was sent to a number of us just before Christmas as a thank you from Prolixic for our help with his puzzle setting. It was on the difficult side and, indeed, I seem to remember taking a couple of days off and on to solve it and needing checking letters/Chambers to finish it off. A very enjoyable puzzle – Thank you Prolixic.
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