Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25953
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Up nice and early this morning to try and get this review done before doing some “real” work and what do we find, a CluedUp site that’s up and down like a yoyo, and even when it seems to be up you can’t even log in. How complicated is it to run a web site like this? Anyway enough of the complaints about CluedUp, lets concentrate on the crossword. This was another entertaining Friday crossword. Not too difficult, but not too easy either and as always the crossword is characterised by the carefully crafted clues.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25947
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
I started with the cryptic definition at 26a, and then moved round the crossword solving clues anticlockwise. All in all another very enjoyable and entertaining Friday crossword. Remember – if you want to see the answer, just highlight the text inside the {} curly brackets
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25941
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A nice easy start with simple anagrams at 1a and 2d and then it got a bit more complicated… it also helps if you get 13a early on, as the “four cornery” feel to the crossword, needs the checking letters from this one to make life a bit easier. Otherwise, some excellent clues, and a well thought out and crafted crossword.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25935
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
Another relatively tricky Friday crossword. With a mixed bag of clues, some good some bad.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25929
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
A tricky crossword today, but with some very good clues.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25923
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Not too complicated, not too easy either. One new word for me, a french phrase and a couple of Big Dave bete noires, what more could you ask for. Comments as always appreciated.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25917
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
I found this one to be a lot harder than the other crosswords this week. Either I was having a bad day, or this really was more difficult. Comments appreciated.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25911
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
Hmm, I did not think this was one of the better Friday crosswords today. However in conversation with Gazza, he seems to think it’s the most difficult one of the week. On the plus side I did learn a new slang term.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25905
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Another generally enjoyable Friday puzzle, but a bit more complicated today, than it has been for a while.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25899 (8155 on CluedUp)
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
An enjoyable amble through this crossword this morning. It didn’t present too many problems, and I particularly enjoyed some clever cryptic double definitions.
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