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DT28378

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28378

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This puzzle was published on Saturday 18th March

BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

Morning All! This was pretty standard fare for a Saturday Prize Puzzle. No complaints here.

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ST 2890

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2890

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This puzzle was published on Sunday 12th March

BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ****

Morning All! The usual smooth stuff from our Sunday Setter. I don’t recall the time being that slow so I must have made a cup of tea half way through. It was really just a case of ‘sit back an admire the clueing’.

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ST 2889

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2889

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This puzzle was published on Sunday 5th March

BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

Morning All! Thanks to crypticsue for keeping the seat warm whilst I had a lovely break at my sister’s in Malaysia (with a short excursion to Cambodia). This was an enjoyable puzzle that just stayed in the two star difficulty range.

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ST 2885

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2885

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This puzzle was published on Sunday 5th February

BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ****

Morning All!. A very good puzzle with some very inventive clues and great surface readings (as always!) Continue reading “ST 2885”

DT 28336

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28336

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This puzzle was published on Saturday 28th January

BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

Morning All! A standard Saturday puzzle for difficulty with some very entertaining clues and a couple of chestnuts..

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DT 28330

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28330

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This puzzle was published on Saturday 21st January

BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

Morning All! Pretty standard fare for a Saturday prize puzzle, I thought, and not much to trouble. This was slap in the middle of two star difficulty for me.

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ST 2882

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2882

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This puzzle was published on Sunday 15th January

BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ****

Morning All!. This one just wandered into 3-star difficulty for me but was enjoyable as always.

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ST 2881

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2881

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This puzzle was published on Sunday 8th January

BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ****

Morning All!. Another enjoyable Sunday Solve with an awful lot of anagrams (I felt whilst reviewing).

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DT 28312

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28312

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This puzzle was published on Saturday 31st December

BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

 Morning All! I hope y’all had a cool Yule!. I should have been home for this puzzle but was unfortunately delayed in the sunshine due to fog at Sarfend airport. I found this fairly enjoyable but not too tricky apart from a couple of less than familiar words.

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DT 28300

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28300

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This puzzle was published on Saturday 17th December

BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ****

 

Morning All! I found this an enjoyable solve in about the 2 star difficulty time range

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