Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28530
Hints and tips by Mr Kitty
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BD Rating - Difficulty **/*** - Enjoyment ****
Hello, everyone, and welcome to another Tuesday back-pager. … Continue reading
Category: DT Cryptic Crosswords
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DT 28529
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28529
Hints and tips by a Relaxed Miffypops
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Written on South Loch Aweside (Uptown LA) where we are on holiday as guests of the wonderful Cliff and Janet who run Loch Awe Boats.… Continue reading
DT 28527
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28527
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs on a damp, grey September morning.… Continue reading
DT 28522
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28522
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 2nd September 2017
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Mister Ron certainly brought out the ‘it’s too difficult’ grumpies with this Saturday Prize Puzzle. I was one of the people who enjoyed having a bit more of a challenge on a Saturday morning, not to mention delighted to get a chance to blog a Mister Ron puzzle as he usually turns up when it’s Gnomethang’s turn on the Saturday review rota, so being holiday-stand-in does have its benefits 
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DT 28526
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28526
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Morning all and welcome to RayThursday and a rather violent thunderstorm. Yep, throwing it down here which is certainly not in this weather forecast https://www.eltiempo.es/almoradi.html .
Anyway, to the puzzle. I quite enjoyed it but I won’t be at all surprised if some of you complain about stretched synonyms and generally being on a different wavelength. I’ve gone for ** difficulty because I found the left hand side pretty straightforward (*) but the right hand side fairly tricky (***) so on average ** it is. Was it just me or did others find it so as well?
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DT 28525
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28525
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***– Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
We’re back to a team of two for this week’s Jay puzzle.… Continue reading
DT 28524
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28524
Hints and tips by Mr Kitty
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BD Rating - Difficulty ** - Enjoyment ***/****
Hello, everyone and welcome to another Tuesday back-pager. … Continue reading
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28523
Hints and tips by a munificent Miffypops
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Typical Monday fare from Rufus. All of the usual tricks and nothing much to say really.… Continue reading
DT 28521
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28521
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs, as the month of mists and mellow fruitfulness begins with some sunshine.… Continue reading
DT 28516
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28516
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 26th August 2017
BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
Some nice surface readings, three clues where you knew what to write in just looking at the grid/checking letters (4d, 5d and 6d) and what seems like an awful lot of ‘inserting’ going on, but with a number of different indicators ‘about’ being the only one used twice.… Continue reading