Toughie No 2814 by Hudson
Hints and tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
Hudson provides some much needed cheer on a grey and chilly Wednesday morning Continue reading “Toughie 2814”
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Hints and tips for completing Daily Telegraph Cryptic crosswords
DT 29930
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29930
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
One of our key markers for the changing of the seasons is the departure of the bar-tailed godwits from our estuary for the long flight to their breeding grounds in Alaska.… Continue reading
Sunday Toughie 5
Sunday Toughie No 5 by Zandio
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on 27th February 2022
Across
1 This cyclist may be in bottom position (6,4)
SADDLE SORE: A problem a cyclist may suffer from and where he may suffer it.… Continue reading
ST 3149
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3149
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 27th Feb 2022
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. It was an enjoyable Sunday puzzle from Dada that I loved solving inasmuch as writing thereafter a full review for your kind perusal and valuable feedback.
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Toughie 2813
Toughie No 2813 by Dada
Hints and tips by Stephen L
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Hello everyone from a bright but chilly (at the time of writing) South Devon.
I solved this lovely puzzle “blind” in that I didn’t know who the setter was until I received the template by which time it was almost done Continue reading “Toughie 2813”
DT 29929
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29929
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty ** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone. Looks like my Tuesday is going to be snow-covered. Again. Today we have a fun little puzzle free of obscurities and unreasonable contortions. It also has a couple of clever all-in-one clues. Continue reading "DT 29929"
DT 29928
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29928
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from the Vega Baja where winter has finally arrived!!!! After a really benign January and February it’s become March and gone cold. Also we’ve had fairly consistent drizzle since Friday evening and it’s forecast to go on until Tuesday lunchtime. At least it’s not like the storms the UK has had. Normal service is promised for Wednesday but I will believe it when I see it.
This crossword was a bit tricky for me. Maybe it’s because I’m doing it at night after a wine or three but there seemed to be a bit of a stretch in some clues. Still, the same elegance in the surfaces as we’ve come to expect on a Monday and nothing to cause total brain fade.
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Rookie Corner 413
Sunday Toughie 6 (Hints)
Sunday Toughie No 6 by ProXimal (Hints)
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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Hello from Yorkshire,
The dead tree has just arrived and I can confirm that this is a ProXimal.
I had to give it a good coat of looking at before it revealed itself but I got there in the end.
I would like to have hinted 11d as that was my trickiest solve but it remains only partially parsed. I will be lenient in the wielding of the naughty step about that clue.
I have hinted half of the clues and that should give enough checkers but if the gap created by 11d is causing problems I will toss in 27a as an anagram of first two words and the last word is the definition.
EV 1529 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1529 (Hints)
Pine Box by Vismut
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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Vismut’s last EV crossword, ‘Pretty Lights’, produced that beautiful baptistry window. ‘Pine Box’ we read with a hint of dismay.… Continue reading