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DT 29848

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29848

Hints and tips by Miffypops

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

Good morning from the lobby of The Imperial Hotel Blackpool. Surely the coldest and windiest place on planet earth. Blackpool that is, not the hotel lobby. Continue reading “DT 29848”

DT 29847

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29847

Hints and tips by 2Kiwis

BD Rating – Difficulty *** Enjoyment ****

Kia ora from Aotearoa.

This morning on our walk we encountered five families of Canada geese with all their goslings in tow. They must have been nesting somewhere up-river from us and decided to combine forces to have a joint picnic outing.… Continue reading

DT 29846

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29846

Hints and tips by Mr K

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty ** Enjoyment ***

Hello, everyone. We have today a serving of the usual Tuesday fare that gets us warmed up for the tougher challenges expected later in the week.  I thought it had many good clues and one truly excellent one. I shall be interested to see whether others share my opinion.  Continue reading "DT 29846"

DT 29845

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29845

Hints and tips by pommers

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BD Rating – Difficulty *Enjoyment ****

Hola from the Vega Baja where storm Arwen has passed us by, although it has been a bit breezy for the last couple of days but bright and sunny. We did have an apocalyptic downpour one night last week but I don’t think that was to do with the storm.

I have to give today’s puzzle only one star for difficulty because I got all but one of the across clues on first pass (it was 24a which eluded me) and then all of the downs.  They don’t have to be hard to be enjoyable and I enjoyed this one while it lasted.  I hope you found it the same.
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