Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26155
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Quite an enjoyable crossword today, but it does seem as if we have entered into a new genre – cryptic general knowledge crosswords. There is a nice mix of clues, not just in terms of types, but also complexity and trickery which should appeal to most of us. Once again we have a dodgy anagram indicator, but I think I can live with it.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26149
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I quite enjoyed this, a reasonable challenge and some fun. Some nice straightforward clues to ease you into the crossword, then a nice mix of other clues to keep you guessing for a time. The only issues I have with this are the usual couple of dodgy anagram indicators.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26143
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A mixture of clues, some good, some ok, and a couple that are questionable. But generally a good crossword thats an enjoyable solve, and is tricky in places. Overall a marked improvement over the previous two Thursday offerings.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26137
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
Well its Thursday again, and after I had finished this, I thought I would be be repeating my views of last week. But after I had written the blog I thought it was not as bad as I originally thought. Mind you that doesn’t make it particularly good. One problem I had was the lack of variety, how many rats, steamships, first letters, last letters etc. did you find? Ho hum.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26131
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
I am not sure what to make of this. Some of you will love it and some of you will dislike it. Personally I am in the I disliked it camp. I found the cryptic definitions to be poor (except perhaps 6d), and except for a couple of clues found nothing particularly inventive. By the time I had finished it I wondered why I had bothered. Usually blogging the crossword is an enjoyable exercise, this was more like a chore.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26125
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
An enjoyable crossword to end the year (at least I thought so), with a bit of a themed New Year crossword. How many references can you spot?
As usual the answers are hidden in the curly brackets, so if you cannot work out the answer from the explanation, just highlight to reveal. If any of you have any comments, feel free to leave one. Finally can I wish all of the setters, the bloggers and all of our readers a happy New Year.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26120
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
A bit of a cornery grid, too many cryptic definitions, how does 9a work, is 16d cryptic? Bah humbug! In general an enjoyable Christmas themed crossword, what more can you ask for. According to a comment made by J, this is one of Rufus’ crosswords, but many thanks to J. for all of the crosswords he has set this year.
I would also like to take this opportunity to wish all of the Telegraph setters, the readers of this blog, and the bloggers a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26114
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A bit trickier today than last weeks.. how many of you put the wrong answer in for 1a? I only knew I had made a mistake when I was entering the crossword on CluedUp. On another note how many of you thought 21a was a good clue or a bad clue?
The answers as usual can be found hidden between the curly brackets. Comments appreciated.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26108
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
I don’t think this is as difficult as we normally find on a Thursday, so I hope the rest of you find it a bit easier (especially the CC). But we do have the usual good mixture of clues (although perhaps too many anagrams) and good surface readings. Enjoy.
Did any of you notice that 26a and the bottom and top lines of the crossword read Universal Declaration (of) Human Rights? It was on this day, December 10, 1948 that the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (Well spotted Gazza and Prolixic!)
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26102
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Its Thursday and once again we have a good blanced cryptic crossword from J. The usual different types and complexity of clues, enough to get you started, and some to get you thinking. Once again no major issues just a couple of small quibbles.
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