Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29844
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 27th November 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Hints and tips for completing Daily Telegraph Cryptic crosswords
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This puzzle was published on 27th November 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
It’s a pleasure to get a visit from Silvanus to Thursday Toughie territory.… Continue reading
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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”
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Gila’s turn to provide this Wednesday’s crossword in the middle of the paper Continue reading “Toughie 2758”
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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
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This puzzle was published on 21st Nov 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata.… Continue reading
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What fun. None too difficult but a refreshing style of clueing Continue reading “Toughie 2757”
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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"
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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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