Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26512
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Libellule is once more enmeshed in work problems so you’ve got me again today. I suspect (though as usual on Tuesdays I’m not sure) that this is a Shamus puzzle [ Shamus has let us know that it is not one of his – see comment #1 – so it’s down to the Mysteron ] which looked as though it was going to be a pangram (specially after I’d got 13a and 20a) but just missed out. It does have a large number of anagrams (I always think that there are too many if I have to take my socks off to count them!) and the grid is very “cornery”. Let us know what you thought in a comment.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26506
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
We never did find out who the setter was last Tuesday and I’m not sure that we’ll fare any better with today’s puzzle. It’s pretty straightforward, so I don’t expect that the hints will be required too much!
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26500
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
If the Telegraph is following its usual pattern this puzzle should be by Shamus, but I’m not sure of that (Shamus is normally pretty good about leaving a comment to claim ownership of his work, so we may find out later today). It’s a pleasant solve which is not overly difficult, but there are a couple of clues (5d and 26d) where the allusions may cause a bit of head-scratching, so I’ve upped the stars for difficulty from two to three. Let us know your opinion in a comment.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26494
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
We have an enjoyable and not too taxing puzzle this morning – I presume that it’s by one of our mystery setters. Let us know how you liked it in a comment.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26488
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Shamus has warned us that he’s not always pangrammatic but this one is a pangram. I was hovering between two and three stars for difficulty – but I ended up with three on the basis that it’s harder than today’s Toughie. Let us know what you think.
There’s no Welsh theme in today’s puzzle so I was on the look-out for a clue which would give me an excuse for honouring St. David’s Day – I had to wait until the very end to find one.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26482
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
This week it’s the turn of our mystery setter. Let us know your opinion of the puzzle in a comment.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26476
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
I actually found this puzzle by Shamus (a pangram, as is now standard for him) to be a fair bit easier than yesterday’s Rufus (which I didn’t find easy at all), but that’s probably just me – let us know your experience!
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26470
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
We have a workmanlike puzzle today from one of our unknown setters – let us know how you got on with it in a comment.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26464
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Unless I’m very much mistaken it’s Shamus today with one of his enjoyable pangrams. I found it a bit more difficult than normal but not sufficiently so to put into 4-star territory. How about you? – let us know what you thought in a comment!
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26458
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
We have a not-too-difficult puzzle today from a mystery setter, but with a couple of references which may cause head-scratching. After having suggested last week that few would know the name of Colin Cowdrey (and having been shot down in flames), I am reluctant to suggest that the South African golfer in 21a could cause problems for some non-golfing solvers (although he does appear in puzzles from time to time). Let us know what you thought of it in a comment.
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