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ST 2855

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2855

A full review by gnomethang

This puzzle was published on 3rd July 2016

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ****

Morning All! Another very solid puzzle from Mr Greer this week and not too much to trouble in terms of difficulty.

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DT28144

Daily Telegraph No 28144

A full review by gnomethang

This puzzle was published on 18th June 2016

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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***

 Morning All! REviewing this I found a fair bit of formula about the clues but there are a couple of gems in there as well.

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DT28138

Daily Telegraph No 28138

A full review by gnomethang

This puzzle was published on 11th June 2016

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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***

 Morning All! I found this a reasonably solid puzzle with some good looking clues

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ST 2851

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2851

A full review by gnomethang

This puzzle was published on 5th June 2016

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

Morning! This was a tremendously enjoyable puzzle in my opinion. The surface readings were so good an dmisleading that even the clues that were constructed in a straightforward way were difficult to spot.

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DT 28120

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28120

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

This puzzle was published on Saturday, 21st May 2016

Morning All! I solved this last night having been up at the Rugby League Magic Weekend in Newcastle last weekend. I found it a bit trickier than the last couple of weeks and all the better for it.

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ST 2847

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2847

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BD Rating – Difficulty */*Enjoyment ***

This puzzle was published on Sunday, 8th May 2016

Morning All! This one just crept onto the border of two star difficulty but contained some great surface readings in the clues

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DT 28114

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28114

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BD Rating – Difficulty *Enjoyment **

This puzzle was published on Saturday, 14th May 2016

Morning All! Thanks to crypticsue for all the help recently – I have had issues multiple. This was another in a line of extremely easy prize puzles that have not yielded much fun. There are some nice clues upon review but they were missed on the day as I simply wrote most of them in.

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DT 28096

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28096

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BD Rating – Difficulty *Enjoyment ***

This puzzle was published on Saturday, 23rd April 2016

Morning All! Quite s straightforward solve but with some fun clues.

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ST 2843

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2843

A full review by gnomethang

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ****

This puzzle was published on Sunday, 10th April 2016

Morning All! I didn’t find this one too tricky and the standout clue for me was the triple hidden word. Plenty of other hidden words as well!

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