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Category: Friday

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 30454

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30454

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

Hello, everyone, and welcome to a Friday puzzle offering a challenge of well above average difficulty. It also delivered a steady stream of penny drop moments, making for well above average enjoyment.  Continue reading "DT 30454"

DT 30442

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30442

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

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday.  I found this enjoyable crossword a stiffer challenge that the last few Friday puzzles.  Continue reading "DT 30442"

DT 30424

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30424

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty ** -  Enjoyment ***

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. I thought this puzzle resided at the less difficult end of the Friday spectrum.  I found it an enjoyable solve with nothing too obscure or convoluted. Continue reading "DT 30424"

DT 30418

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30418

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

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. Today was a very long day at work, so no time this week to search for pics, I’m afraid.  I enjoyed this puzzle, where the use of every letter but X suggests that it’s the work of proximal. Continue reading "DT 30418"

DT 30412

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30412

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

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. I found today’s puzzle distinctly chewy, with many passes though the list of clues being required to get a completed grid.  In hindsight there’s nothing too exotic in the wordplay, so I don’t know why that happened – the wavelength thing perhaps?  Lots of fun lurking in the clues, but I felt it was a step up in difficulty from what we’ve seen on recent Fridays .  Continue reading "DT 30412"

DT 30406

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30406

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty ** -  Enjoyment ***

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday.  This week’s Telegraph Puzzles Newsletter told us that this week’s celebrations to mark the first birthday of the new Telegraph Puzzles site would “wrap it all up with a suitably celebratory Cryptic Crossword on Friday”.  That information didn’t help much with the solve, and once I had a completed grid, I searched for anything beyond the obvious 1a/4a combination that might be referencing the new site, but to no avail. Did anyone out there spot anything else birthday-related or anything that could be a comment on the new site?  The anagram-rich puzzle itself felt more straightforward than recent Friday puzzles and it delivered quite a few smiles.  Continue reading "DT 30406"