Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26213
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Libellule has a theory that Ray T is trying to see how much he can get away with, and he’s certainly managed to smuggle a few risqué (for the Telegraph) clues pass the censor this time. The whole thing is highly entertaining and I thoroughly enjoyed it – this week has got off to a cracking start. I’d really like to know your views, so please keep the comments coming.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26207
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
It’s the turn of Shamus this Tuesday (I’m assuming) and he’s given us a not-too-difficult puzzle to ease us back into the normal routine after the holiday. It has some entertaining clues (although a few too many anagrams, for me). I did waver between two and three stars for difficulty, so I’d be interested in your views on this (or anything else).
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26201
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I expect that this Ray T puzzle will divide opinion (as they usually do). I enjoyed it but it did (as they usually do) necessitate regular use of Chambers. Your comments, as always, are very welcome.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26195
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
I thought that today’s puzzle was less tricky than most Shamus puzzles (I assume that it’s by Shamus – apologies if I’ve got that wrong), but as we’ve said before a puzzle doesn’t have to be very difficult to be entertaining. It does have rather a lot of place names (three in England and one in South America) which I know that some people won’t like – let us know what you think of all the place names and of the puzzle generally with a comment!
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26189
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Ray T’s puzzles normally have one or two hidden answers but there are none at all in this one. Is this a new policy, or did he just forget? I thought that there were some cracking clues today and I really enjoyed the challenge.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26183
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A fairly straightforward puzzle from Shamus today, but one with which I have a couple of niggles. Firstly, I don’t think that the cryptic definitions (12a, 19a and 24a) are really that good, and, secondly, “sign” is used in two clues to mean a letter (in 3d it’s used for “first letter”). I can’t really see how “sign of worse” (3d) can be stretched to mean W. Of course you may have a different view – all comments are welcome.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26177
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
I found it quite tricky to get in to this Ray T puzzle, which I thought was a bit more difficult than his normal fare. Let us know whether you agree or not, via a comment.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26171
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Today we have an entertaining puzzle from Shamus (I’m assuming that it’s by Shamus – apologies if I’m wrong). As I write, Clued Up is showing it with five stars for difficulty – I don’t think that our regular correspondents will find is as difficult as that. Let us know, via a comment, whether Clued Up is right or I’m right!
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26165
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
It’s a Ray T puzzle with the usual good variety of clues. Leave us a comment with your criticisms, queries, plaudits or brickbats; we’re especially keen to get comments from first-timers, so if you’ve been lurking a while and not introduced yourself (or even if today is your first visit) now is the ideal time to take the plunge.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26159
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
I have to admit to being somewhat disappointed by today’s puzzle. The cryptic definitions aren’t that brilliant and some of the surface readings don’t make a great deal of sense. You may well disagree, and, whether you do or not, we’d love to get a comment from you.
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