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DT 30322

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30322

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty ** -  Enjoyment ***

Hello, everyone, and welcome to an excellent Friday puzzle whose grid contains every letter except X. That probably means that it’s the work of proXimal. Continue reading "DT 30322"

DT 30316

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30316

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

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. My solve for this puzzle was slow and erratic, requiring many passes through the grid to get all the answers in place. I don’t know if that’s because it’s a harder-than-average puzzle, or because I was distracted by the very sad news about Big Dave. We hope to know more about the future of the site soon.  Continue reading "DT 30316"

DT 30304

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30304

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

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday.  Today’s offering felt more straightforward than the Friday average, but perhaps I was just in the zone while having fun solving this puzzle whose grid contains every letter but X. Continue reading "DT 30304"

DT 30292

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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30292

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty ** -  Enjoyment ***

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. I found today’s puzzle a more straightforward solve and parse than the Friday crosswords we’ve seen recently.  Continue reading "DT 30292"

DT 30274

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30274

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

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. Today’s puzzle, which feels to me like a proximal creation, was somewhat more straightforward than recent Friday puzzles, but still very smooth and enjoyable.  Continue reading "DT 30274"

DT 30268

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30268

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

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. For some reason I was not in a puzzling mood today, and that made solving this challenging crossword and sorting out its parsing intricacies hard work.    Continue reading "DT 30268"