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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 30274

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30274

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

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. Today’s puzzle, which feels to me like a proximal creation, was somewhat more straightforward than recent Friday puzzles, but still very smooth and enjoyable.  Continue reading "DT 30274"

DT 30268

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30268

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

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. For some reason I was not in a puzzling mood today, and that made solving this challenging crossword and sorting out its parsing intricacies hard work.    Continue reading "DT 30268"

DT 30256

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30256

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

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday.  I found this puzzle above average in both difficulty and enjoyment, which I guess is what we hope for on a Friday. I felt that the difficulty here came not from complexity or obscurity but from clever misdirection, which requires much skill on the part of the setter. I hope that they will take a bow in the comments later today.  Continue reading "DT 30256"

DT 30250

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30250

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

Hello, everyone, and welcome to an enjoyable Friday puzzle whose grid contains every letter in the alphabet except X. I’m afraid that work today has left no time to search for pictures. I will try to make up for the omission next week.  Continue reading "DT 30250"

DT 30238

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30238

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

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. I enjoyed this puzzle a lot, although it took longer than usual to get a full grid. At one point I had the left-hand side complete and the right-hand side almost empty. In hindsight I’d say it’s because today’s setter is skilled at misdirection, but perhaps that’s just me. I look forward to reading how others found it.  Continue reading "DT 30238"

DT 30232

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30232

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty ** -  Enjoyment ***

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. I found today’s puzzle a lot more straightforward that last Friday’s memorable crossword.  Continue reading "DT 30232"

DT 30226

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30226

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

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. I found today’s puzzle somewhere between chewy and tough, with both the grid fill and the parsing requiring quite a lot of head scratching.  Continue reading "DT 30226"