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DT 28790

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28790

Hints and tips by Deep Threat

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

Good morning from South Staffs where a cloudy start to the day may lead to some showers this evening (here’s hoping).… Continue reading

DT 28766

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28766

Hints and tips by pommers

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

Hola from a warm and sunny Los Alcázares where I’m having a few days break and standing in for Deep Threat today.  I’m not certain but I’ve a feeling I’ve blogged a Friday puzzle back in the days when Gazza was the regular Man Friday.  Anyway it makes a pleasant change from my usual Thursday fare.
We have here a fairly typical Giovanni puzzle with a couple of tricky bits and a couple of religious bits but there’s enough gimmes to get you going.  Overall I reckon it’s about average difficulty for a back pager and I really enjoyed it so it was ***/**** for me.  It’ll be interesting to see if anyone agrees.
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DT 28754

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28754

Hints and tips by Kitty

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

 

Hi everyone.  While Deep Threat is away I’ve been let loose on the back page to blog a Giovanni puzzle for the second time in just three days. … Continue reading