Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3045
A full review by gnomethang
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This puzzle was published on 1st March 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Morning All! I very much enjoyed this dspite the plethora of double definitions.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29299
A full review by gnomethang
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This puzzle was published on 29th February 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! – Anyone else notice the serendipidity of puzzle number 29299 on the 29th? There was a clue that I hated on the day (4d – my fault!) which was more than made up for by three terrific clues in my opinion.
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3044
A full review by gnomethang
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This puzzle was published on 23rd February 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! THis was a fun 2 star difficulty solve that might have involved a boiled egg in between starting and finishing.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29257
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This puzzle was published on 11th January 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! Quite a solid puzzle I thought for a Saturday. There were a few easy starter clues and a few that took a bit of unravelling..
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3037
A full review by gnomethang
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This puzzle was published on 5th January 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! Quite a tricky one I thought and I threw 6d in without a clue as to the parsing. Continue reading “ST 3037”
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29251
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This puzzle was published on 4th January 2020
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***/****
Morning All! I quite enjoyed reviewing this as ther were some very nice surfacce readings and definitions in what look on firstt sight as straightforward clue. I do like a ‘less is more’ approach.
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3036
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This puzzle was published on 29th December 2019
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All and a belated Happy New Year! This one just crept into the 2 star territory for difficulty but was more interesting to review as I missed a few parsings on the clues that went straight in.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29234
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This puzzle was published on 14th December 2019
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! A very straightforward puzzle this week..
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3033
A full review by gnomethang
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This puzzle was published on 8th December 2019
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! A pretty standard Sunday but I noticed an awful lot of insertions whilst reviewing.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29228
A full review by gnomethang
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This puzzle was published on 7th December 2019
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! Pretty standard fair for a Saturday with some nice surface readings and some good cryptic definitions.
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