Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2470
A harder than usual Sunday puzzle
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
I rated this as hard because I found it difficult to get started in three out of the four corners. Most of the answers are everyday words, but you do have to work a bit harder than with the weekday cryptics.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25846
Today’s puzzle I found a little easy for a Saturday
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment *
If you have come across here from Crossword ends in violence, then you probably have seen my contributions before. As I mentioned elsewhere on this site, I intend to give substantial hints and tips for the weekday crosswords, but for Saturday I will select a few of the better clues and provide hints for them.
It’s been a struggle finding any clues worth giving hints, this is one of the easiest prize crosswords for a long time.
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Toughie No 91 by Notabilis
A nice easy one today
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Most of you should not need much help today!
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Toughie No 90 by Elgar
A challenging puzzle with two long phrases
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
Woke up this morning to find that the light dusting of snow that has been around for a few days has been replaced by a full carpet – I have added a new picture to the Gallery. As a new feature, started yesterday with “Freight Train”, some hints link to supplementary information!!
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Toughie No 89 by Kcit
A fair bit harder than yesterday
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Some across clues:
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Toughie No 88 by Giovanni
A nice easy one to start the week
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
•A few across clues to get you going – I’ll add some of the down clues later
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Toughie No 87 by Warbler
A little easier than yesterday, but well constructed
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
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Just a few to be going on with:
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Toughie No 86 by Osmosis
Moderately difficult today, but very satisfying
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Some good, some devilish.
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