Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30687
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A beautiful morning here in Hertfordshire. I trust the weather gods are being kind where you are. … 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 3315
Toughie No 3315 by Silvanus
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
An enjoyable puzzle from the prolific and very popular Silvanus with a few references to the Conservatives (remember them?) – thanks to him.
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DT 30681
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30681
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Welcome to my 52nd Thursday blog, which, if I am not mistaken, makes it a whole year of providing hints and tips for you, dear reader. … Continue reading
Toughie 3311
Toughie No 3311 by Beam
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
A pretty straightforward puzzle from Beam – thanks to him.
As I may have said before there’s little difference in difficulty (apart from the absence of anagrams in the latter) between Ray T’s back-pagers and Beam’s Toughies. Beam’s self-imposed restriction on the length of his clues does make it rather difficult to incorporate complex wordplay.
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DT 30675
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30675
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
After yesterday’s somewhat quirky and controversial puzzle (which I quite enjoyed, incidentally), it was back to normal with a proper Thursday puzzle. … Continue reading
Toughie 3307
Toughie No 3307 by Django
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
It’s interesting how Django’s style has evolved since he started producing Toughies to write more succinct (but equally enjoyable) clues. Thanks to him for the entertainment.
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DT 30669
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30669
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
Another beautiful morning here in Welwyn Garden City. … Continue reading
Toughie 3303
Toughie No 3303 by Kcit
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
Kcit’s turn has come round again – thanks to him. I didn’t find a lot of sparkle here and the large number of ‘delete last letter’ constructs does make blogging a bit wearisome.
There is a bit of a theme here identified in 26a though I’m pretty sure I’ve not found all the elements.
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DT 30663
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30663
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment **
A beautiful, calm and sunny morning here – all very serene in contrast to the edge-of-seat excitement of the football last night. … Continue reading
Toughie 3299
Toughie No 3299 by Silvanus
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Thanks to Silvanus for today’s fairly gentle but very enjoyable Toughie.
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