Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29986
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs. I have other commitments today, so no pictures or music for you.
I thought this was a fairly typical Friday puzzle. It took me well into *** time, but that may have been because I was very tired when solving it last night.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29980
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Good morning from South Staffs where we have a sunny start, but rain forecast later.
The parsing of a couple of today’s clues gave me some amount of headscratching, but I enjoyed the overall result.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29974
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Good morning from chilly, grey South Staffs.
A pretty standard Friday crossword for me, taking just into *** time.
In the hints below, the definitions are underlined.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29968
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Good morning from South Staffs. A cloudy start to the day, with some sun forecast for later.
A reasonably straightforward puzzle today, with no particular hold-ups for me.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29962
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Good morning from South Staffs this sunny Good Friday morning.
We have one of ProXimal’s trademark X-less pangras this morning (though I see that he has also set the Toughie today, so I may be wrong).… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29956
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Good morning from South Staffs on a bright but cold morning. The wind of the last couple of days seem to have abated, so I can tie back the rose bush which blew off the wall.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29950
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Good morning from South Staffs on a sunny but cold April Fool’s Day.
I didn’t spot any fooling in today’s puzzle, a pangram which didn’t give me any particular trouble
In the hints below, the definitions are underlined.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29944
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Good morning from South Staffs on a warm, sunny spring day. No doubt when the clocks go forward for Summer Time this weekend, the weather will revert to miserable.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29938
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs, where after a foggy start to the day we have a beautiful sunny morning.
Today’s puzzle is a pangra missing the X, so presumably a ProXimal production.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29932
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Good morning from South Staffs on a sunny, almost springlike, Friday morning.
I got through today’s puzzle with no real hold-ups, but there are one or two less common words which may give pause for thought.… Continue reading