Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2605 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the more difficult clues and provide hints for them.
Category: Crosswords
Hints and tips for completing Daily Telegraph Cryptic crosswords
NTSPP – 083 (Review)
Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 083
A Puzzle by Boaz
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***/****
Boaz makes a welcome return with his trademark fair but risqué cluing. It did not find this too difficult to solve and hopefully there will not be much need for the hints. It is a good job Gazza is not reviewing this as the picture opportunities would raise his blood pressure to dangerous levels.
NTSPP – 083 (Comments)
Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 083
A Puzzle by Boaz
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Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week, by popular demand, Boaz returns to entertain us with his usual mix of humorous and slightly risqué clues.
DT 26654 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26654 (Hints)
Big Dave’s Saturday Crossword Club
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select an assortment of clues, including some of the more difficult ones, and provide hints for them.
Feel free to let off steam about the continuing, non-lightning-strike related, problems on the site and the lack of recompense or honest explanations.
Toughie 630
Toughie No 630 by Myops
Have you heard the one about the singing dog?
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
Tilsit is unavailable today, so I’m filling in. Once again he has missed reviewing a superb puzzle. Myops is a retired Classics master (at a school in Glasgow) and his background shows through into his puzzles.
ST 2604
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2604
A full review by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from the Vega Baja! No, you’re not cracking up – it’s not Wednesday! I’m just standing in for gnomethang as he’s a bit short of time this week.
This is wonderful stuff from Virgilius as usual and with an added bonus, which everyone (including me) seems to have missed last Sunday, there’s a link connecting 4 of the down clues!
Continue reading “ST 2604”
DT 26653
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26653
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
We have a fairly standard puzzle from Giovanni today with several fairly easy clues to get you started, then a few to make you think a little bit more. Let us know how you got on.
If you want to see an answer just highlight the space between the brackets under the troublesome clue.
DT 26648
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26648
A full review by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment **
This week’s Saturday puzzle split the camp between those like me who found it easy solving and others who struggled to get sort out the wordplay and find the solutions. Thank you to the Saturday Mysteron – the clue I liked the best was 7d.
Toughie 629
Toughie No 629 by MynoT
Hints and Tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
This puzzle was fair enough but it was by no means up to the standard that we have become accustomed to over the past couple of weeks. As usual with MynoT puzzles there is a theme.
{All the answers contain the letter “B”. I wonder if he’s going to work his way through the consonants. If so I look forward to The “J”, “Q” and “X” puzzles.} Select the space between the curly brackets to reveal the theme.
DT 26652
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26652
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Either I’m getting better at solving them or Ray T’s puzzles are getting easier! Which do you think it is?