Toughie No 3604 by Karla
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
This is fairly gentle for a Friday Toughie but very enjoyable – thanks to Karla.
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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 31114
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31114
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. I found today’s grid fill fairly straightforward, but there were a few clues where figuring out the parsing took some time . Continue reading "DT 31114"
Toughie 3600
Toughie No 3600 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
Elgar provides his usual mixture of a few gimmes and quite a lot of head-scratchers. I enjoyed battling through it. Thanks to him.
The clue which gave me most problems was 4d and I’m not totally convinced that I understand the ‘shepherd’ bit so do shout out if you have a better idea than mine. [Deansleigh61 has come to the rescue with the correct parsing – see his comment] Continue reading “Toughie 3600”
DT 31108
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31108
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. Continue reading "DT 31108"
Toughie 3596
Toughie No 3596 by Sparks
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Thanks to Sparks for an enjoyable puzzle.
When I was writing in the answers I noticed the number of high-scoring letters in Scrabble and thought that we might be heading for a triple pangram. Actually we seem to be a single Q short of the triple so only have a still impressive double pangram.
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DT 31102
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31102
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. Today we have an enjoyable pangram. I have no idea who created it, so I hope they drop in later to claim it. Continue reading "DT 31102"
Toughie 3592
Toughie No 3592 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
Elgar is a smidgen trickier than he was two weeks ago but there are a host of cracking clues here and I enjoyed the challenge. When writing the hints I did notice the large number of reversals.
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DT 31096
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31096
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to a Friday puzzle that felt more straightforward than recent offerings in this slot. Continue reading "DT 31096"
Toughie 3588
Toughie No 3588 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
We have a typical Osmosis puzzle with cunningly-disguised definitions, clever wordplay, nothing really obscure and a welcome lack of anagrams. I enjoyed the challenge – thanks to Osmosis.
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DT 31090
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31090
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ****
Hello, everyone, and welcome to a solid and enjoyable Friday puzzle. I’m afraid that work and other commitments meant that I started solving and hinting today very late, meaning that I was once again left with no time to hunt for suitable pictures. I hope that the commentariat will provide a few. I shall try to do better in the future. Continue reading "DT 31090"