Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29997
Hints and Tips by StephenL
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning everyone from a cloudy but warm South Devon. A sea swim beckons.
I found today’s puzzle very much at the gentle end of our setter’s spectrum, Continue reading “DT 29997”
Toughie No 2858 by Logman
Hints and tips by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Logman’s turn to provide a crossword for the Wednesday Toughie slot Continue reading “Toughie 2858”
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29996
Hints and tips by KiwiColin
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
Just one Kiwi in the blogging chair this week. Carol is away gallivanting with a group of very long term friends.
I notice that the Toughie is by Logman so this delightful, tricky in places, puzzles is almost certainly not by Jay.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29994
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from the Vega Baja where the weather is a lot better than it’s been in Ottawa. I’m here again this week because Falcon is without electricity after a massive storm, with 130km/hr winds, hit the province of Ontario and knocked out the power to hundreds of thousands of people, including him.
There seems to be a bit of a literary theme to today’s puzzle. We have two famous novels, an actress, a pair of comedy actors and a dramatist. It’s not too difficult but certainly not at the easy end of the spectrum.
Continue reading “DT 29994”
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29993 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by Tilsit)
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Greetings from Warrington, a sort of meh day where the weather’s feeling as out of sorts as the rest of us. Continue reading “DT 29993 (Hints)”
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29992
Hints and tips by Sloop John Bee
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good Morning from North Yorkshire. Deep Threat is having a well earned holiday, so Miffypops, Stephen L and myself will be rotating Friday blogging duties until he returns refreshed,
I have no real idea of gauging ratings so I will leave those alone for others to assess.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29987
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 14th May 2022
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A Cephas pangram Continue reading “DT 29987”
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29991
Hints and tips by Miffypops
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from The Roseland Peninsula where Nurse Ninepence and I are enjoying a holiday with my recently bereaved sister Susan. We will be enjoying a late lunch at Nare Hotel on their Quarterdeck if the sun stays out Continue reading “DT 29991”
Toughie No 2854 by Django
Hints and tips by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
Another fine Toughie from Django Continue reading “Toughie 2854”