Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25895
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Category: Monday
Monday’s regular setter is Roger Squires, who is also known as Rufus
DT Cryptic No 25889
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25889
Get your week off the ground with this typical DT cryptic
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Tilsit is still in hospital, but hopes to return next week.
DT Cryptic No 25883
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25883
Today’s hints and tips by Tilsit
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Tilsit joins us for the first time today. As I mentioned on Saturday, he will already be known to avid followers of fifteensquared, and his credentials include answering questions on Crosswords, as his specialist subject, on Mastermind. The standard DT Cyptic should be very easy for someone like him, but he faces sterner stuff when he does battle with a Toughie later in the week. BD
Thanks to Big Dave for his introduction. I hope these blogs live up to the high standard that he and the rest of the gang have set. Because of my other activities within the crossword world, I often get requests from solvers about the best way to start solving cryptic puzzles and my answer is invariably the same. Start with Monday’s Telegraph and Guardian puzzles, you rarely go wrong. That’s because they are usually set by one of the doyens of the black and white squares – Roger Squires. Roger (aka Rufus in the Graun) provides some of the most accessible and solver-friendly puzzles and amongst his talents, he is a master of a type of clue known as the Cryptic Definition, of which there are a few in this puzzle.
DT Cryptic No 25877
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25877
An easy start to the week, hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Don’t forget – just highlight the space between the curly brackets to reveal the answer.
DT Cryptic No 25871
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25871
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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Don’t forget – just highlight the space between the curly brackets to reveal the answer.
DT Cryptic No 25865
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25865
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
DT Cryptic No 25859
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25859
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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DT Cryptic No 25853
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25853
Not as easy as last Monday
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Last Monday we had a nice easy one to start the week – this one will make you think a little harder, but that’s where this review can help. Don’t forget that clicking on the links reveals supplementary information, some useful and some frivolous.
DT Cryptic No 25847
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25847
A nice easy one to start the week
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