Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25893
Hints and tips by Libellule
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A cryptic crossword that does “exactly what it says on the tin”.
Category: DT Cryptic Crosswords
Hints and tips for completing the regular Daily Telegraph Cryptic crosswords
DT Cryptic No 25888 – Review
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25888 – Review
A full analysis by Peter Biddlecombe
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
A better grid than the last couple – all entries at least 50% checked, and no isolated areas of the grid. I got through most of this pretty easily, but struggled with the NE corner, where 4, 5, 9 and the last word of 6 took longer than the rest put together.
DT Cryptic No 25892
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25892
Today’s hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
Another pretty straightforward Thursday puzzle.
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DT Cryptic No 25891
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25891
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
DT Cryptic No 25890
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25890
Today’s hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I had a sense of déjà vu when doing this puzzle since many of the answers seemed to have cropped up recently! It’s a typical Tuesday puzzle – nothing too complicated or tricky.
DT Cryptic No 25889
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25889
Get your week off the ground with this typical DT cryptic
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Tilsit is still in hospital, but hopes to return next week.
DT Cryptic No 25887
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25887
A nice easy puzzle to end the week
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
DT Cryptic No 25882 – Review
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25882 – Review
A full analysis by Peter Biddlecombe
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Another strange grid – if you don’t get the 15-letter answers, this is four separate crosswords, with uneven checking – the 9-letter answers are underchecked (4 of 9) and the 3s and 15s are overchecked – 3/3 and 9/15. And of course, the 4/5/7/8/10/…-letter words can’t come out to play.
Lots of the clues seem like gentle puns rather than really cryptic clues, and several of the more cryptic ones use words/definitions so close together that the clue is very easy or might lead to more than one answer Continue reading “DT Cryptic No 25882 – Review”
DT Cryptic No 25886
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25886
Today’s hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A typical Thursday puzzle with some interesting clues but not too taxing.
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DT Cryptic No 25885
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25885
Hints and tips by Libellule
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
A very enjoyable crossword today with a good variety of clues. By that I found that both the variety of types of clues and the complexity of clues was very well balanced.