Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26477
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
We keep asking Jay for more of the same and he keeps delivering.
Category: Wednesday
Since the beginning of 2010, Wednesday’s regular setter is Jeremy Mutch who has visited the blog as Jay. During 2009, Jay set almost all the Thursday puzzles.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26471
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Another fine puzzle from our Wednesday Wizard. Keep them coming, Jay.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26465
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
I had the great pleasure to meet Jay last Saturday. I hope he will let us all out of our agony and tell us whether he finally managed to catch a train home after narrowly missing the first one! By the way there are a couple of pictures of our Wednesday Wizard on the blog’s facebook page (see link in the side panel).
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26459
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Today we have a solid puzzle with a fairly good mix of clue types. One clue, in particular, I found especially enjoyable – that being the one dealing with the Peers of the Realm. If it is original, I am sure many others likely enjoyed it also. If not new, then it is one to be savored by those of us relatively new to this pastime.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26453
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Our Wednesday Wizard conjures up a puzzle that is not too difficult.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26447
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Another typical Telegraph puzzle from Jay, our Wednesday wizard.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26441
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
This puzzle, from Jay?, had a few slightly tricky clues but turned out to be solvable in about average time.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26435
Hints and tips by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
There is something about having to write a review that can make the little grey solving cells freeze up a bit, but no such problems this morning. Thanks to Jay for a very enjoyable puzzle, with a nice mix of clues, many of which needed you to say something out loud in order to get the correct sense of the word required to obtain the solution, 10a being one example of this.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26430
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
I enjoyed this puzzle (from Jay?) in spite of missing the obvious hidden word at 1a until the very end!
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26424
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Jay never fails to give us a puzzle that is free of controversy. Here’s another one!