Toughie No 3279 by Beam
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Beam is here to delight his many fans again (he seems to appear regularly on a 4-week cycle). He’s included all his usual trademarks and as always provides a few synonyms that require some head-scratching.
I was held up for some time on 6d as I read the first word of the clue as ‘flat’ – I do need to go to Specsavers!
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30,627
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
I have my own thoughts as to who the compiler might be today, but I will leave it to you, dear reader, to play Guess the Setter. … Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30625
Hints and tips by Huntsman
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** Enjoyment ***
Another miserable rainy day here in Harpenden but at least we managed to dodge any of the wet stuff yesterday on the golf course which is a rarity for a Bank Holiday.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30,621
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
And it came to pass that the waters receded from the land and Shabbo was able to stop building his ark and settle down to write hints on another fine RayT puzzle. … Continue reading
Toughie No 3273 by Zenas
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
ALP is otherwise engaged today so we’ve done a swap this week and he’ll be here on Thursday. He’s missed out on blogging a very entertaining themed puzzle from Zenas – thanks to him.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30619
Hints and tips by Huntsman
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A dull overcast start to the day here in Harpenden & disappointingly soggy stuff in the forecast for my tee time this afternoon, which is a shame as it was glorious yesterday & I was otherwise engaged.… Continue reading
Toughie No 3271 by Silvanus
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Silvanus has given us a very entertaining pangram. Thanks to him.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30,615
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
I found this tricky in parts, with lots of word building which kept me on my toes. … Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30613
Hints and tips by Huntsman
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** Enjoyment ***
Not Quickie Pun required but distinctly cooler & depressingly soggy here in Harpenden today.… Continue reading
Toughie No 3267 by Kcit
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **/***
I had a bit of a shock this morning. The method that I’ve used to paste the clues seamlessly from the Puzzles site into my Word document for the last 15 years doesn’t work with the new site; that resulted in a lot of fiddling about and swearing. So, if you find any typos in the clues here it’s down to me.
Kcit has given us a puzzle containing his usual large ration of abbreviations and lots of letter deletions. On the plus side he’s been very sparing with the number of anagrams. Thanks to him.
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