Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25897
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
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Category: Crosswords
Hints and tips for completing Daily Telegraph Cryptic crosswords
Toughie No 124
Toughie No 124 by Jed
One of the easier Toughies
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
After last Friday’s struggle, I found this one to be much easier. As always when a puzzle contains four long answers, getting at least two of these early on is the key to success.
DT Cryptic No 25896
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25896
Today’s hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
This puzzle was a pleasure to tackle with its large number of cleverly-worded clues.
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DT Cryptic No 25895
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25895
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
ST Cryptic No 2478 – Hints
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2478 – Hints
Selected hints by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
For the weekend prize crosswords I will select a few of the better clues and provide hints for them. A full analysis of this puzzle will be available at 12.00 next Thursday, 9th April.
Some hints to get you started: Continue reading “ST Cryptic No 2478 – Hints”
DT Cryptic No 25894 – Hints
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25894 – Hints
Selected hints by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Peter Biddlecombe’s full review of this puzzle will be published at 12.00 on Thursday, 9th April.
Toughie No 123
Toughie No 123 by Excalibur
Toughies don’t come Tougher than this!
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
Was because it was the morning after the night before, or was it really tough, let me know? I struggled with this and after half an hour had managed about four clues. I did get to the end without calling on the CluedUp letter hints, but it was heavy going.
DT Cryptic No 25893
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25893
Hints and tips by Libellule
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A cryptic crossword that does “exactly what it says on the tin”.
ST Cryptic No 2477 – Review
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2477 – Review
A full analysis by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Yet another good Sunday puzzle – not as difficult as last week’s but just as enjoyable.
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Continue reading “ST Cryptic No 2477 – Review”
DT Cryptic No 25888 – Review
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25888 – Review
A full analysis by Peter Biddlecombe
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
A better grid than the last couple – all entries at least 50% checked, and no isolated areas of the grid. I got through most of this pretty easily, but struggled with the NE corner, where 4, 5, 9 and the last word of 6 took longer than the rest put together.