Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26467
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
I’m feeling in a particularly good mood today (the start of the Six Nations rugby tournament always cheers me up) and I really enjoyed this Giovanni puzzle. Let us know whether you feel the same way about it in a comment.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26461
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
This is a pleasant, not overly difficult, Giovanni production. Let us know your views in a comment.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26455
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
It felt a bit like being back at school doing “double science” today, but, as usual with Giovanni, the wordplay clearly points you to the answer (although I wasn’t too sure what some of the answers meant, even after consulting the dictionary!). In spite of that I did find it enjoyable – let us know what you thought of it in a comment.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26449
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I wasn’t that taken with this puzzle (presumably by Giovanni) when I solved it, because I am allergic to a high-anagram diet. However, I warmed to it somewhat when writing the review. Let us know your views in a comment.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26443
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Today’s puzzle (presumably by Giovanni) has very few anagrams. Let us know how you found it in a comment.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26432
A full review by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
This is the Christmas Eve puzzle from Rufus. He gave us a cracker with a seasonal theme and plenty of pies. If you have a feeling of deja vu about the review you’re right – this is pretty much what I published on Christmas Eve morning before I realised that it was a prize puzzle.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26437
Hints and tips by Gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Morning All! Gazza has kindly agreed to vacate the chair for the day so you have the dubious pleasure of me reviewing the final back-page puzzle of the year.
It looks like we are back on track with our regular Friday setter, Giovanni, giving us a nice fun puzzle with a few clues to make you think. It’s good to see the more obscure words being clued in a slightly gentler fashion, 21d for example, is one that you can take a flier at then look up to confirm.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26426
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
We have the usual Friday entertainment from Giovanni today. Let us know how you found it in a comment. Any errors on my part today can be put down to writing the blog at the same time as watching the cricket from Perth (a bit of a setback for England!).
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26420
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
We have a typical Giovanni puzzle today. It does contain two words which were new to me, but in both cases the wordplay clearly leads us to the right answer. Let’s have a comment with your views!
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26414
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A not too difficult puzzle from Giovanni today and I did waver between two and three stars for difficulty. A couple of the clues stand out for me. How about you? Let us know what you thought of it in a comment!
We get new readers all the time, so I’m sure that regulars will forgive the need for a constant reminder that the answers are concealed between the curly brackets under each clue. Just highlight the space between the brackets to reveal one.
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