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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 30238

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30238

Hints and tips by Mr K

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty **** -  Enjoyment ****

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. I enjoyed this puzzle a lot, although it took longer than usual to get a full grid. At one point I had the left-hand side complete and the right-hand side almost empty. In hindsight I’d say it’s because today’s setter is skilled at misdirection, but perhaps that’s just me. I look forward to reading how others found it.  Continue reading "DT 30238"

DT 30232

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30232

Hints and tips by Mr K

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty ** -  Enjoyment ***

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. I found today’s puzzle a lot more straightforward that last Friday’s memorable crossword.  Continue reading "DT 30232"

DT 30226

by Mr K  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30226

Hints and tips by Mr K

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty **** -  Enjoyment ***

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. I found today’s puzzle somewhere between chewy and tough, with both the grid fill and the parsing requiring quite a lot of head scratching.  Continue reading "DT 30226"

DT 30208

by LetterboxRoy  

Daily Telegraph No 30208

Hints & Tips by LetterboxRoy

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

Hello Everyone, me again

Thank you to Gazza for rescuing me last week and to Mr Kitty & Senf for their patience and support

I enjoyed the succinct cluing and clever surfaces, thank you setter Continue reading “DT 30208”

Toughie 2996

by crypticsue  

Toughie No 2996 by Sparks

Hints and Tips by crypticsue

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

Sparks set the toughest of Toughies, but it is so cold outside, what else were you going to do with your Friday morning? Continue reading “Toughie 2996”

DT 30202

by Gazza  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No. 30202
Hints and tips by Gazza

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

LetterBoxRoy has had problems publishing his review this morning so I’ve produced some hasty hints (no time for pictures I’m afraid as I have to take my car in for a service and MOT).… Continue reading

DT 30196

by LetterboxRoy  

Daily Telegraph No 30196

Hints and tips by BetterLocksRoy

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

Morning all.

No idea who set this, but I found it tricky to parse in places.

Please leave a comment on how you got on. Continue reading “DT 30196”

DT 30184

by Senf  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30184

Hints and tips by Senf

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

A very good Friday morning from Winnipeg.

Zandio was ‘on duty’ last Friday and Silvanus was ‘moonlighting’ on yesterday’s back pager so they are very unlikely to make an appearance today. … Continue reading