Enigmatic Variations 1693 (Hints)
Press Release by Vagans
Hints and tips by Gabriel
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I gave Gemini (if nothing, I’m loyal – for now) the preamble. And they proposed a promising tactic and one completely wrongheaded observation: “Two Unclued Entries: These are the key! They spell out PRESS RELEASE”. They don’t. The promising tactic: “Tackle the Wordplay-Only Clues: These might be easier to solve initially as they don’t have the extra layer of surplus letters.” Slightly helpful albeit a bit obvious.
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3315 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where it is truly shorts and tee shirts weather with 22 degrees yesterday, and forecast highs of 28 degrees for today, and 29 degrees tomorrow.
For me, and I stress for me, in his own way, Dada friendlier than NYDK was yesterday! One long ‘un, breaking the ‘anagram rule’ as usual with ten (five partials), I might have lost count, two lurkers, and one homophone all in a somewhat asymmetric 29 clues; with 15 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 – 16a, 19a, 1d, 3d, 8d, 17d, and 26d.
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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SI by Radler
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30917 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by crypticsue)
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Toughie No 3472 by Elgar
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30911
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 26th April 2025
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Cephas set this Saturday Prize Puzzle
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Toughie No 3471 by Beam
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
We have a typical Beam puzzle today. Thanks to him.
One thing we can be sure of with Beam is that his puzzles won’t leak on to a second page of printout.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30915
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Sorry, but it is me again, as I sneak ever closer to Huntsman in the race to 100 blogs. According to the stats on the Meet the Blogger section of this wonderful site, today will bring me level with him at 95 blogs each. Please don’t tell him though, as I might try to sneak another extra blog in during May to pip him at the post!
A beautiful morning here in sunny Hertfordshire and I believe most of the country is blessed with similar weather. A day in the garden beckons as soon as I have finished this.
I enjoyed the puzzle today, which seemed to be pitched at about the right level for a Thursday. It is definitely not RayT and something tells me that it is not Silvanus either. That leaves me bereft of ideas for Guess the Setter, so over to you, dear solver. Ticks from me for the anagram at 1a, the spoonerism at 2d (light blue touch paper and retire) and the Rhine swimmer at 4d.
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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