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DT 30943

by Shabbo  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30943
Hints and tips by Shabbo

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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***

Good morning, fellow cruciverbalists.  For the next two Tuesdays, I am filling in for Huntsman, who has prior commitments elsewhere.

I found this fairly straightforward, as befits a Tuesday puzzle, but an enjoyable solve. I shall not hazard a guess as to who our setter is today as Tuesdays are not familiar territory for me. Those who enjoy a double definition are in for a treat, as there are no fewer than four in today’s puzzle.  No particular favourite clue for me, but I did enjoy the Quickie Pun.

This is my 100th blog, having just been pipped at the post by Huntsman, who posted his 100th blog last week.  I would like to thank Gazza for asking me to join the select band of bloggers a couple of years ago.  I feel honoured to play a small part in this wonderful forum.

In the blog below, the definition element of each clue has been underlined, anagrams are CAPITALISED and the crossword technique “indicator words” are in brackets. The answers are concealed under the “Click Here” buttons.  Please leave a comment telling us how you got on and what you thought of the puzzle.  Please also try to be positive – it’s only a bit of fun.

Many thanks to our setter and the DT Crossword Team.

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DT 30942

by Smylers  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30942

Hints and tips by Smylers

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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****

Hello. We got back last night from an enjoyable half-term holiday. The train journey took about 6 hours and includes one of the most scenic stretches of track. Can you triangulate where we were from these pictures (click to enlarge)?

A pair of black swans among wildlife in a river, just before an artificial-looking cascade
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Sunday Toughie 175 (Hints)

by Sloop John Bee  

Sunday Toughie No 175

by Robyn

 

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

 

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Ooh a Robyn – We haven’t seen a Sunday Toughie from him since #153 on the 29th December last year. I have missed his style and have got a bit rusty as I found this quite tricky. I hope you find enough checkers to finish this, although I bet 24d is going straight into Terence’s LIST™

Gazza will be bringing you the hints next Sunday as I am away to the Springsteen concert at Anfield. I will be home earlyish on Sunday and look forward to solving that puzzle with Gazza’s hints to help

A late revision has sent Harry, Graham and Dennis to the cutting room floor as I have doubts about the Kingdom of Jordan. Is it a school subject after the definite article or the abbreviation of the location of Jordan. I have plumped for the latter, but in the absence of the old check facility I may be wrong (again)

Here we go…

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ST 3319 (Hints)

by Senf  

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3319 (Hints)

Hints and tips by Senf

A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where serious wildfires continue in NW and SE Manitoba with air operations for ‘water bombers’ and RCAF aircraft for evacuation being hampered by the smoke and some towns have been evacuated completely.  Similar conditions prevail to the West of us in Saskatchewan and Alberta.

For me, and I stress for me©, Dada very friendly once again – six anagrams (two partials), three lurkers (one reversed), and one homophone all in an  asymmetric 29 clues; with 14 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues.  And, remember, my electronic blue pencil is at the ready and the Naughty Step is OPEN!

Candidates for favourite – 12a, 23a, 27a, 4d, and 6d.

As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, a number of the more difficult clues have been selected and hints provided for them.

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