Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31157 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club
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Category: Crosswords
Hints and tips for completing Daily Telegraph Cryptic crosswords
Toughie 3632
Toughie No 3632 by Elgar
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
DT 31156
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31156
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty **** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. Continue reading "DT 31156"
DT 31151 (Full Review)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31151
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 31st January 2026
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. A lovely straightforward Saturday puzzle from the setter that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a review of the same for your kind perusal and significant feedback. Continue reading “DT 31151 (Full Review)”
EV 1731 (Solution)
Toughie 3631
Toughie No 3631 by Beam
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Toughie difficulty * – Enjoyment ***/****
Standard Beam fare – a sweetheart, a queen and an imaginative, tight word count … but no lavatorial humour today. Who could he have been listening to?! Over to you.
DT 31155
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31155
Hints and Tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** Enjoyment ***
I don’t think that there’s much to frighten the horses in this enjoyable puzzle. Thanks to our setter.
Continue reading “DT 31155”
Toughie 3630
Toughie No 3630 by Donnybrook
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
DT 31154
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31154
Hints and Tips by Deansleigh
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** Enjoyment *****
Good morning from a chilly but sunny south Hampshire. Today we have another excellent back-pager, with so many fine clues it was hard to choose a favourite. I especially liked 1a, 9a, 19a, 2d and 3d, but topping the podium for me today is the tipsy clergyman in 8d. Many thanks to today’s setter. Continue reading “DT 31154”
Sunday Toughie 209 (Review)
Sunday Toughie No 209 by Samuel
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 25th of January 2026