Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27330
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning from Beechwood Grange in York, where we’ve been celebrating grand-daughter’s birthday, and looking at the gathering of A4 Pacifics in the National Railway Museum.
I found this one quite a tussle, well into *** territory for me, but wondered why the ones I had struggled with had caused such problems once I had cracked them – the usual sign of well-constructed clues. Thanks to Giovanni for the workout.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27324
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs, where November begins damp and drizzly.
The first posting in my new Friday slot took me into *** territory, with Giovanni’s usual habit of throwing in an unusual word or spelling leading to the occasional hold-up.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27315
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs on a wet, grey morning.
Firmly in ** territory for me today.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27309
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from a grey autumnal South Staffs.
I took a little time to get going today, but completed the puzzle just inside ** time. A couple of clues where general knowledge is needed – easy if you know the answer, not so if you don’t.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27303
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs, where the sun is peeping through the cloud cover on a mild morning.
This was *** territory for me today, with 2d the last one in.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27297
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs where the day has begun grey and overcast.
This one started quickly, then I ran into some trouble in the SE corner, which pushed the solving time just to the border of *** difficulty for me.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27291
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs on an overcast grey morning.
I found this fairly gentle, though a couple of clues could cause problems if the underlying general knowledge is missing.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27285
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from California Cross in South Devon, where the rain is persisting down from a uniformly leaden sky.
It may just be the holiday feeling, but I found this more difficult than recent Tuesday offerings, hence the *** rating, though when I’d finished I couldn’t really see where the difficulty had been. 22a was the last one in.
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Toughie No 1046 by Excalibur
Anyone for Venice?
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
Good afternoon from South Staffs, where a bright morning has become an overcast autumnal day.
A gentle start to the Toughie week, though I found that some of the clues took longer to explain than to solve.
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Toughie No 1044 by Warbler
Watch out for 15 March!
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good afternoon from South Staffs. I’m doing an extra shift this week to help cover for Bufo.
The top half of the puzzle went in very quickly, and though I had a little more difficulty with the bottom, it was still ** for difficulty as far as I was concerned. 20a was the last one in.
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