Toughie No 3456 by Elgar
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty *****++ – Enjoyment ****
Category: Friday
Friday’s current setter is Don Manley who is also known as Giovanni, Duck, Pasquale, Quixote, and Bradman (all punningly connected with the name Don or Donald)
DT 30892
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30892
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. Continue reading "DT 30892"
Toughie 3452
Toughie No 3452 by Karla
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Karla has given us a very enjoyable puzzle – many thanks to him. I forgot to look for a Nina in his last Toughie so I spent some time searching for one today, all to no avail – if you’ve had more success than I did do let me know!
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DT 30886
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30886
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ****
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. The use of every letter but X in the grid fill suggests that today’s fine crossword is the work of proXimal. Thanks to him for a smooth and tightly-clued puzzle that was a pleasure to solve and to hint. Continue reading "DT 30886"
Toughie 3448
Toughie No 3448 by Elgar
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty *****+ – Enjoyment ***
DT 30880
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30880
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. Continue reading "DT 30880"
Toughie 3444
Toughie No 3444 by Sparks
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Thanks to Sparks for the enjoyable Friday Toughie. He very often gives us something extra in the grid – I can’t see anything today (the only letters missing are J, Q, X and Z which are the four highest Scrabble scorers but I doubt whether that’s significant). Have you spotted anything?
Update: See the comment from Retiefus below – the Nina starts at the final character of 3d. Continue reading “Toughie 3444”
DT 30874
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30874
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty **** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. Continue reading "DT 30874"
Toughie 3440
Toughie No 3440 by Elgar
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty *****+ – Enjoyment ***
The Nina round the edge of the grid sums up what a lot of people are bound to say about this Elgar Toughie.
DT 30868
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30868
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to a solid Friday puzzle. Lots going on at work this week, so no time to search for pictures I’m afraid. I hope that a few members of the commentariat will step up and provide a few. Continue reading "DT 30868"