Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26348
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
I’d be interested to hear from those who did Wednesday’s Toughie (also by Giovanni) as to how you think that one compares with this one. It seems to me that they are of a very similar standard of difficulty. If you didn’t do Wednesday’s Toughie I’d still like to hear what you thought of this one.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26342
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
I thought that this was quite a stiff test from Giovanni today, though a lot of my difficulty was of my own making since I initially wrote in “crab” for 12a and so could get nowhere with 5d. As always, we appreciate all comments from solvers.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26336
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
We have a pretty typical Giovanni today, with well-constructed clues and a few “aha” moments. Let us know what you liked, or disliked, about it in a comment.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26330
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
We have a typical Giovanni puzzle today, good clueing, a few smiles and several religious references. There’s one clue (22d) where I’m not at all sure of how it works, so any assistance on that one would be gratefully received. Whether you have any ideas on that one or not, we’d like to hear your views in a comment.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26324
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
A pleasant, gentle stroll from Giovanni today should please the Clueless Club. I wavered between two and three stars for difficulty, but I had no doubt about the four stars for entertainment because it has many enjoyable and amusing clues. Let us know what you thought of it by leaving a comment.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26318
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
There’s nothing too frightening in this Giovanni puzzle on Friday the 13th, and it has an enjoyable mixture of clues. We’d love to get a comment from you about it (especially if you’re a regular reader and haven’t yet introduced yourself).
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26312
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
I described last week’s Giovanni as a “bread and butter” puzzle. Well this one is a bit more exciting with a glorious clue at 6d which is worthy of 4* for enjoyment in its own right. Let us have your views in a comment.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26306
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
We have a fairly straightforward challenge from Giovanni today (what I would call a bread-and-butter puzzle rather than a firecracker). Let us know what you thought in a comment.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26300
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
If last week’s Giovanni was a pussycat then this one has considerably sharper teeth. It may not be a lion but it’s at least a cheetah. But it is a well-behaved cheetah with Giovanni’s usual impeccable clueing. Tell us what you think of it in a comment!
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I’m posting this a little earlier than usual because I’m keen to get to grips with the Toughie to find out what Elgar has provided for us on this auspicious occasion.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26294
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Today’s Giovanni is a bit of a pussycat (of course you may disagree, and if you do please feel free to say so in a comment). But as we’ve said so often in the past puzzles do not have to be difficult to be entertaining, and this one has some very enjoyable clues.
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