Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29306
Hints and tips by Katniss Everdeen
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
After a chickenless couple of months we have now re-homed a dozen hens from a farm just down the road. They do look a sorry sight and have no idea what to do with the space they have. A couple of weeks should sort that out. My grandson Harrison’s face when he opened the first box and saw two eggs laid on the journey home was a picture. Nine eggs so far today. All we need now is a cockerel to keep an eye on the girls Continue reading “DT 29306”
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29300
Hints and tips by Jay Gatsby
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good Morning. The sun has got his hat on. Hip hip hip Hooray. Coventry City are sat sitting on the top of their division in the football league. All is well with the world. What more need I say?
Todays puzzle is a typical for a Monday. Nicely accessible. In a rare moment of madness I struggled to solve the anagram at 27 across which held me up on the down clues in that corner. But not for long. I noticed that the first two across clues seemed to connect nicely so I have chosen to illustrate that connection. Continue reading “DT 29300”
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29297
Hints and tips by a short-changed Miffypops
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
It’s not often that I notice a grid pattern before during or after solving a puzzle. I did today as soon as it appeared. Too many black squares. Only 26 answers and only 26 clues. I feel short-changed.
At the birthday bash Silvanus told us he had a puzzle published elsewhere that he had written for The Daily Telegraph but could not submit as the grid was not one that they use. Well whatever grid it was I reckon it will have had more than twenty six solutions. Continue reading “DT 29297”
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29294
Hints and tips by Our Resident Clown
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
A user-friendly puzzle today in a user-friendly grid. What’s not to like. A first read through of clues gave a satisfactory number of answers scattered nicely across the grid. This gave many useful checking letters which helped with the trickier clues. Continue reading “DT 29294”
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29288
Hints and tips by Merusa’s Mate Max
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BD Rating – Difficulty */**– Enjoyment **
Good morning from the sodden heart of Downtown L I. It’s wet out there folks but the sun is shining and the temporary lake formed by the river breaking its banks does look very pretty. Hopefully nobody has flooded and livestock are all ok. Continue reading “DT 29288”
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29282
Hints and tips by Elsie Longstaff
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
I felt that I was being transported back in time to meet a former Prime Minister from a couple of centuries ago. Then a playwright, a pair of dancers and a singer from way back in the last century. Continue reading “DT 29282”
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29276
Hints and tips by Jerry Jerningham
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Ecstatic. Brexit and the furore surrounding it is done. Coventry Rugby Football Club beat Cornish Pirates. […and Spurs beat Man City! BD]
Morose. France v England. Dearie dearie me. Continue reading “DT 29276”
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29270
Hints and tips by Earl Tolloller
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
There is no food whatsoever in todays puzzle but we get two goes drinking sensible alcohol and we get to bowl at ninepins while listening to hymns, operas and a poor musical from the eighties. Tim Vine also drops in with an example of one of his gags. Continue reading “DT 29270”
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29264
Hints and tips by Harry Hewitt
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from the misty heart of Downtown LI. Where nice things happen every day. Today’s good thing so far is confirmation than Allan Scott is indeed the name of our double punning setter. Continue reading “DT 29264”
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29258
Hints and tips by Jess Oakroyd
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from a very wet downtown LI. Where nothing has happened to disturb the peace. The river rose up and burst its banks but politely went back down again quite quickly. Your reviewer binged out on the weekend’s rugby matches while Saint Sharon fed 37 members of The Napton Golf Society a three-course dinner. Best keep out of the way I thought. So I did. Continue reading “DT 29258”