Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30478
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. . Continue reading "DT 30478"
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 30472
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30472
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Hello, everyone, and welcome to a solid Friday puzzle with a grid that uses every letter in the alphabet except X. Continue reading "DT 30472"
DT 30466
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30466
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ****
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. On this side of the pond, it’s not just any Friday. No, as the day after Thanksgiving, it’s Black Friday, the start of the holiday shopping season and a time for some people to camp out all night to score a bargain-priced big screen TV that they could have just ordered off Amazon. Black Friday is followed by Cyber Monday, which I thought was a totally made-up thing to get us to buy computers and software. Continue reading "DT 30466"
DT 30460
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30460
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BD Rating - Difficulty **** - Enjoyment ****
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. Befitting the day, I thought that this was the toughest back pager of the week. I’d like to say that I solved it smoothly and unaided, but that would be a lie, because in one or two places I had to make use of the Chambers Dictionary app on my phone. Lots of cleverness in the clues led to many penny drop moments and an above average enjoyment rating. Continue reading "DT 30460"
DT 30454
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30454
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BD Rating - Difficulty **** - Enjoyment ****
Hello, everyone, and welcome to a Friday puzzle offering a challenge of well above average difficulty. It also delivered a steady stream of penny drop moments, making for well above average enjoyment. Continue reading "DT 30454"
DT 30448
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30448
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. Continue reading "DT 30448"
DT 30442
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30442
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BD Rating - Difficulty **** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. I found this enjoyable crossword a stiffer challenge that the last few Friday puzzles. Continue reading "DT 30442"
DT 30436
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30436
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, welcome to our discussion of a solid Friday crossword. Continue reading "DT 30436"
DT 30430
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30430
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday, and a fairly standard puzzle for this slot. Continue reading "DT 30430"
DT 30424
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30424
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BD Rating - Difficulty ** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. I thought this puzzle resided at the less difficult end of the Friday spectrum. I found it an enjoyable solve with nothing too obscure or convoluted. Continue reading "DT 30424"