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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 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"

Toughie 3300

by Gazza  

Toughie No 3300 by Sparks
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****

We have an enjoyable puzzle from Sparks today. He normally includes something significant in the grid but I can’t spot anything (possibly due to the fact that I’m knackered after staying up most of the night watching the election coverage).  Thanks to him.

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DT 30652

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30652

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

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday.  Today’s finely-crafted puzzle has a grid that when filled contains every letter of the alphabet except X, one signature of our regular Friday setter proXimal.  Tight wordplay and lots of smiles also suggest that the puzzle is one of his. If so, thanks to him for brightening my Thursday evening.  Continue reading "DT 30652"

DT 30640

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30640

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

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. Thanks to Gazza for stepping in at very short notice last week. I’m still travelling, which unfortunately means there was no time to look for pictures.  Things should be back to normal next week. Continue reading "DT 30640"

DT 30634

by Gazza  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30634
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****

Mr K is on a flight with poor wi-fi and also has a bad case of the lurgy so I’m providing the hints for today’s very enjoyable puzzle which I thought was relatively straightforward compared to our usual Friday fare. 12a and 1d might be a bit problematic for non-UK solvers.

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