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DT 30712

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No Crossword 30712

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty ** -  Enjoyment ****

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. I thought that while today’s puzzle was more straightforward that the average Friday offering, it delivered well above average enjoyment. It features four three-letter answers with excellent clues, which is not an easy accomplishment. Great work all round by our setter.  Continue reading "DT 30712"

DT 30700

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No Crossword 30700

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty *** -  Enjoyment ****

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. I thought today’s puzzle was about right for Friday difficulty-wise and well above average for enjoyment.  Continue reading "DT 30700"

DT 30694

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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30694

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty ** -  Enjoyment ****

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. I found today’s puzzle positioned at the easier end of the Friday spectrum. It was a lot of fun to solve, with nothing too chewy in the parsing.  I hope that our setter will drop in later to take a bow. Continue reading "DT 30694"

DT 30688

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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No Crossword 30688

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty *** -  Enjoyment ***

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday.  I found today’s puzzle perfect for the Friday slot. It has tight grammar, smooth surfaces, and several smile-inducing penny drop moments.  Continue reading "DT 30688"

DT 30682

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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No Crossword 30682

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty **** -  Enjoyment ***

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. Complex wordplay and more head-scratching than usual for a Friday suggests that this nice puzzle might be the work of Zandio. While I found most of it about right for a Friday, parsing 4d pushed my total time into 4* difficulty territory.  Continue reading "DT 30682"

DT 30676

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30676

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty *** -  Enjoyment ****

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. I thought this was the best Friday puzzle for some time, with tight cryptic grammar and lots of penny drop moments. The use of every letter but X in the grid fill suggests that it’s the work of proXimal.  Thanks to him for today’s entertainment.  Continue reading "DT 30676"

DT 30670

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30670

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty *** -  Enjoyment ***

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. It was a very long day in the lab today, so I’m afraid that once again I had no time to search for quality cat pics. However, since the commentariat did so well at providing pics last week, I’m hoping that readers will step up once again with suitable illustrations.  Continue reading "DT 30670"

DT 30664

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30664

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty **** -  Enjoyment **

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. I thought that there was quite a lot of complex and convoluted wordplay lurking in this puzzle, so if that’s your thing you likely enjoyed it. Sadly, all my available blogging time today went towards unscrambling the wordplay, so there was no time left to search for pics. I will try to remedy that next week.  Continue reading "DT 30664"