Category: Crosswords
Hints and tips for completing Daily Telegraph Cryptic crosswords
Toughie 2754
Toughie No 2754 by Django
Hints and tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****/*****
Django set us a most enjoyable Toughie challenge to brighten up an extremely grey and damp Wednesday. Continue reading “Toughie 2754”
DT 29841
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29841
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
A couple of hours before we started working on this we had a big firewood delivery. We made a tentative start on it but most of the moving and stacking in readiness for next winter is still in the ‘Urgent jobs to get done’ file.
Another good fun Wednesday puzzle to distract and amuse us.
Please leave a comment telling us how you got on.
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ST 3134
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3134
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 14th November 2021
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
An extremely straightforward Sunday Prize Puzzle Continue reading “ST 3134”
Toughie 2753
Toughie No 2753 by Robyn
Hints and tips by Miffypops
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Chris M Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Robyn has supplied an enjoyable test today. A genuine Toughie which took some teasing out for me. Continue reading “Toughie 2753”
DT 29840
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29840
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty ** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Tuesday. I learned a new definition in today's enjoyable puzzle. That plus a few amusing cryptic definitions suggests to me that it's the work of one of our regular Tuesday setters. Perhaps we'll get confirmation later today. Continue reading "DT 29840"
DT 29839
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29839
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Ottawa, where weatherwise we are enjoying a rather mild and uneventful autumn—unlike our unfortunate fellow citizens on the West Coast.… Continue reading
Rookie Corner 398
MPP 114 – Review
Monthly Prize Puzzle No 114– Review
November 2021
Septet – A Puzzle by Phibs
EV 1514 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1514 (Hints)
Quest by Gaston
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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This will be Gaston’s 22nd crossword in the Enigmatic Variations series. Solvers will remember his puzzle this spring, where we drew a map of the jumps in the Grand National, then his final puzzle after the EV Ladies’ Month where he included geographic features in ‘The South American One’.… Continue reading