Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28571
Hints and tips by Double Bubble Miffypops
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Good Morning from the sunny heart of Downtown LI.… Continue reading
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DT 28569
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28569
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs on the last Friday before the clocks go back.… Continue reading
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28564
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 21st October 2017
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Not a read and write for me this week but I do have just one favourite clue 25a
Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.… Continue reading
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28568
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** / *** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from Ottawa where we have enjoyed an exceptional autumn following a rather disappointing summer.… Continue reading
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28567
Hints and tips by Digby
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BD Rating – Difficulty **– Enjoyment **
Hello from Heavenly Henfield on the Sussex Downs.… Continue reading
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28566
Hints and tips by Mr Kitty
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hello, everyone. I found today’s puzzle somewhat tricky so I’m setting the difficulty rating at an average 3*. … Continue reading
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28565
Hints and tips by a subsonic Miffypops
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Good Morning Crosswordland. Your Monday morning blogger Miffypops still feels under the weather but is looking forward to a couple of days holiday.… Continue reading
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28563
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs on a dank, damp October day.… Continue reading
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28558
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 14th October 2017
BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
A smidge trickier than some Saturdays (or perhaps it was just the result of fitting it in to a very hectic Saturday).… Continue reading
DT 28562
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28562
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Morning all and welcome to Thursday’s crossie. I’m pretty sure that it’s not a RayT and I have an idea who it might be, not least because it’s a pangram, but with my record of setter spotting that’s as far as I’m going. It’s the first pangram we’ve had on my watch for ages but I twigged the possibility of one far too late for it to be of any help in the solving.
I thought it was going to be a breeze as I got eleven of the acrosses and eight of the downs on first pass. Then it was a bit like finding speed humps on the M6 and I ground to a bit of a halt. Last two in were the interlocking 23a and 19d and I must have stared at them for as long as the rest of the puzzle had taken before the penny finally dropped on 23a with a very loud clang – tea-tray moment or what? A most enjoyable puzzle for me and I’ll be interested to hear your views on it.
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