Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30717
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
RayT in fairly benign mood today, I thought, but I will let you be the judge of that. … Continue reading
Category: Thursday
Currently Thursday does not appear to have a regular setter, although since Autumn 2010 Ray T features frequently. During 2009 almost all of the Thursday puzzles were set by Jay.
Toughie 3335
Toughie No 3335 by Django
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Django has given us a relatively gentle but extremely entertaining puzzle. Many thanks to him.
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DT 30711
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30711
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
A very good morning to you, dear readers. … Continue reading
Toughie 3331
Toughie No 3331 by Silvanus
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Very enjoyable fare from Silvanus to whom many thanks.
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DT 30705
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30705
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
A gorgeous morning here in Welwyn Garden City, despite the noise of tree surgery a few doors away. … Continue reading
Toughie 3327
Toughie No 3327 by Beam
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Beam’s here today with all his trademarks (although his sweetheart has taken a different form). There are a couple of homophones which will work for some people, but not for me.
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DT 30699
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30699
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Sedgeford in NW Norfolk where we have enjoyed glorious weather this week. … Continue reading
Toughie 3323
Toughie No 3323 by Django
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
After his last Toughie which was veering towards orthodoxy Django has found his quirky streak once more and given us a very enjoyable puzzle.… Continue reading
DT 30693
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30693
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
We are off to North West Norfolk for a week as soon as I have finished this blog, so if there are any mistakes, I will correct them when we arrive at about lunchtime.… Continue reading
Toughie 3319
Toughie No 3319 by Kcit
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
I found this puzzle pretty straightforward for a Thursday Toughie but with not a lot of sparkle. Thanks to Kcit.
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