Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26298
Hints and tips by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
I thoroughly enjoyed this Wednesday’s offering from Jay. A lovely mix of clues, anagrams, hidden words, all-in-ones and even one of those pesky every other letter ones which I am only just (even after all these years) managing to recognise. Thank you Jay for giving me such a nice puzzle to review. I hope you all agree with my opinion and don’t all rush for the 5d! Hard to pick favourite clues today but I will plump for 1d, 17d and 21d.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26292
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
A harder puzzle this week from Jay but, apart from 13a, all the answers should be in the average person’s vocabulary. I came down on the side of four stars for difficulty, rather than three, largely because of this one clue, although I had remembered the answer from a very old Toughie (No 162).
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26286
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Another fine puzzle from Jay, our regular Wednesday setter.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26280
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
We have one of Jay’s easier offerings today. At one point I thought I might enter all the answers in clue order, but that came unstuck on the bottom half where I needed a few checking letters to get some of the longer answers.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26274
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I can’t think of much to say about this puzzle. Perhaps my mind is on other events today!
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26268
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Another good puzzle from our Wednesday Wizard. Many of you will be please to know that this one is a lot easier than yesterday’s!
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26262
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
A plethora of double definition clues today – some, but no means all, are part-cryptic. Along with anagrams, double definitions are often a very good way of getting started on a puzzle.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26256
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Light relief for some after yesterday, this is a reasonably straightforward puzzle from Jay.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26250
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Jay is as reliable as ever, and gives us an enjoyable, not-too-difficult puzzle.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26244
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Another enjoyable puzzle from Jay. I particularly liked 12 across.
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