Toughie No 107 by Shamus
Shamus sets another relatively easy puzzle
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Category: Crosswords
Hints and tips for completing Daily Telegraph Cryptic crosswords
DT Cryptic No 25869
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25869
Hints and tips by Libellule
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Libellule is back in his usual Friday slot (last Friday he preferred to go and see France play Wales in Paris). BD
The rugby was excellent. Although a Friday night kick-off at 9.00pm was a little strange. Libellule
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ST Cryptic No 2473 – Review
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2473 – Review
A full analysis by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
As I wrote on Sunday, this puzzle didn’t leave me feeling disappointed as previous Sunday crosswords have. While not easy, there was satisfaction to be derived from solving some of the clues, although rather too many of them were double definitions. And as for 23 down, I look forward to reading your views. Continue reading “ST Cryptic No 2473 – Review”
DT Cryptic No 25864 – Review
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25864 – Review
A full analysis by Peter Biddlecombe
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
I slipped up at 17D, but the rest was done in about an average time for a Times puzzle. Probably slower than it should have been, but I’m getting used to this setter’s style and tend to play safe with the answers that feel weak, like 21 and 13, and wait for plenty of checking letters. Continue reading “DT Cryptic No 25864 – Review”
Toughie No 106
Toughie No 106 by Elgar
A difficult but enjoyable puzzle
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
DT Cryptic No 25868
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25868
Today’s hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
I was sailing through this one at a rate of knots until I hit 24a, where the wordplay held me up for ages until the penny finally dropped, swiftly followed by a bout of self-kicking! As usual the answers are hidden inside the curly brackets – select the white space inside the brackets to display the answer, but do try to get it from the hints first.
Toughie No 105
Toughie No 105 by Giovanni
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
This is my first attempt at doing a write-up for a Toughie and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s got some challenging clues, as well as some easy ones, and doesn’t have too many obscure words.
DT Cryptic No 25867
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25867
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Toughie No 104
Toughie No 104 by Osmosis
A typical Toughie with some tricky wordplay
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
DT Cryptic No 25866
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25866
Today’s hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
There’s nothing too difficult in today’s Cryptic crossword and the clues range from pretty neat to not so good. I’ve followed Big Dave’s convention in providing the answers hidden inside curly brackets (thanks to him for telling me how to achieve this effect). If you can’t work out the answer from my hint you can reveal it by highlighting the white space inside the curly brackets.