Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26535
Hints and tips by Libellule
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A topical and fun crossword for the Easter Bank Holiday today with plenty of appropriate references.
Category: Monday
Monday’s regular setter is Roger Squires, who is also known as Rufus
DT 26529
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26529
Hints and tips by Libellule
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Fewer anagrams today than usual, but still another classic piece of work from the Monday Maestro. Enjoy.
DT 26523
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26523
Hints and tips by Libellule
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
The usual stuff from the Monday maestro. 13d had me thinking for a while, is 4d cryptic? Otherwise an enjoyable crossword.
DT 26517
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26517
Hints and tips by Libellule
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
First of all I would like to thank Gazza for stepping in at short notice last week, it was much appreciated. Crisis is now over and I can return to blogging the Monday crossword. I found this easier than normal and all seemed to fall into place quite quickly. Still good fun though.
DT 26511
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26511
Hints and tips by Gazza
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Libellule is up to his eyes in work this morning, sorting out a problem for one of his customers, so I’m sitting in for him (as all the best radio jocks say!) and he’ll reciprocate tomorrow.
I thought that this puzzle was towards the harder end of Rufus’s range. There are loads of cryptic clues and it’s very entertaining. A comment with your views would be welcome.
The answers are concealed between the curly brackets under the clues. Drag your cursor through the space to reveal one.
DT 26505
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26505
Hints and tips by Libellule
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Usual stuff from the Monday maestro, with a nice mix of cryptic definitions, anagrams etc all with smooth surface readings.
DT 26499
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26499
Hints and tips by Libellule
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Usual Monday morning magic. Liked 7d and 13d a lot – not too sure about 23a though.
DT 26493
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26493
Hints and tips by Libellule
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
We have had a bright and sunny weekend here in the Touraine, so lots of gardening chores have been done. The weather is still bright and sunny today, although cold. As for the crossword – it presented no major problems today, all in all – simply a pleasant solve.
DT 26487
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26487
Hints and tips by Libellule
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Its bright and sunny here in the Touraine, so I was up nice and early to do the crossword and blog. I rapidly managed to fill the grid, only to leave a small hole in the top right hand corner. The answers to most of these clues also went in pretty quickly, except 9a, after some head scratching I reached for the dictionary. Thats a definition of form, that I was not aware of. Otherwise I enjoyed what is a typical Rufus crossword.
DT 26481
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26481
Hints and tips by Libellule
+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
For those who struggled last week, I think you will find today’s crossword nice and straightforward (somewhere between one or two stars for difficulty I think). We have the usual mixture of anagrams, double definitions, cryptic definitions etc with smooth surface readings. Classic Rufus!
.
Continue reading “DT 26481”