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Friday’s current setter is Don Manley who is also known as Giovanni, Duck, Pasquale, Quixote, and Bradman (all punningly connected with the name Don or Donald)

DT 30904

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30904

Hints and tips by Mr K

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

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. I don’t know who set today’s puzzle, but they did an excellent job! (well, except for mangling Ohm’s Law).  Continue reading "DT 30904"

Toughie 3460

by Gazza  

Toughie No 3460 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Gazza

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****

Osmosis always gives us a proper Toughie with cunningly disguised definitions and clever wordplay. Today there are no anagrams and only the absence of K stops the puzzle from being a pangram. I enjoyed working through it – thanks to our setter.
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Toughie 3452

by Gazza  

Toughie No 3452 by Karla
Hints and tips by Gazza

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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****

Karla has given us a very enjoyable puzzle – many thanks to him. I forgot to look for a Nina in his last Toughie so I spent some time searching for one today, all to no avail – if you’ve had more success than I did do let me know!
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DT 30886

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30886

Hints and tips by Mr K

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

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. The use of every letter but X in the grid fill suggests that today’s fine crossword is the work of proXimal. Thanks to him for a smooth and tightly-clued puzzle that was a pleasure to solve and to hint.  Continue reading "DT 30886"