NTSPP – 270
Benson & Hedges? by Alchemi
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DT 27773 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27773 (Hints)
Big Dave’s Saturday Crossword Club
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, an assortment of clues, including some of the more difficult ones, have been selected and hints provided for them.
Toughie 1376
Toughie No 1376 by Elkamere
Hints and tips by Toro
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BD Rating - Difficulty **Â - Enjoyment ****
A quality puzzle (needless to say) that I could happily have given five stars for enjoyment if it had come up on my usual (Tuesday) watch. But Friday Toughie thrill-seekers will have been let down by the lack of difficulty.
DT 27772
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27772
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs on a beautiful sunny morning which is forecast to lead to the warmest day of the year so far.… Continue reading
DT 27767
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27767
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty **– Enjoyment ***
This puzzle was published on Saturday, 4th April 2015
A couple to make you think, but apart from that, fairy standard Saturday fare.  … Continue reading
Toughie 1375
Toughie No 1375 by Micawber
It’s homophone day
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
An enjoyable puzzle which was more difficult than I thought it was going to be after I made a bright start.… Continue reading
DT 27771
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27771
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Hola from the Vega Baja where winter seems to have returned. Cold and raining this morning. Perhaps it’s just me but I’m not sure what to make of this one. It was heading for an easy-peasy one star when suddenly it was a bit like finding speed humps on the M6. Really slowed down towards the end.
Like last time I blogged there are a few rather stretched synonyms so perhaps we have the same setter again. I’m pretty sure it isn’t RayT, who seems to have gone AWOL.
ST 2789
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2789
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty **– Enjoyment ****
This puzzle was published on Sunday, 29th March 2015
Enjoyable as ever – what more can I say?… Continue reading
Toughie 1374
Toughie No 1374 by Giovanni
More Tea, Vicar?
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
It may have been that I was distracted by the unaccustomed sunshine outside but I found this one quite tricky for a Wednesday though I did thoroughly enjoy the struggle.… Continue reading
DT 27770
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27770
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Over Easter our clocks moved back to GMT plus 12 hours where they will stay for the winter. This means for us that it is not so dark in the early morning, but more importantly, we get access to the puzzles for solving and blogging at 11am instead of the summer timetable of 1pm.
Jay seems to have thrown in a couple of curve balls this week to keep us on our toes, but good fun as ever.