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John Halpern has been the regular Sunday setter since he took over from Brian Greer on 18th November 2018. He is also known as Dada.

ST Cryptic No 2472 – Hints

by Big Dave  

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2472

Selected hints by Big Dave

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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **

For the weekend prize crosswords I will select a few of the better clues and provide hints for them.  A full analysis of this puzzle will be available at 12.00 next Thursday,  February 26th.

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ST Cryptic No 2471 – Hints

by Big Dave  

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2471

This one should take you longer than Saturday’s!

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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **

For the weekend prize crosswords I will select a few of the better clues and provide hints for them.   The mini-poll is currently showing 70% in favour of hints only, so that’s the way it will stay for the time being.  A full analysis of this puzzle will be available at 12.00 next Thursday,  February 19th.

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ST Cryptic No 2470 – Hints

by Big Dave  

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2470

A harder than usual Sunday puzzle

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

I rated this as hard because I found it difficult to get started in three out of the four corners.  Most of the answers are everyday words, but you do have to work a bit harder than with the weekday cryptics.

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