Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26882
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **/***
This is the review of the crossword which appeared on Saturday 2 June, the closing date for which was extended because of the two Jubilee Bank Holidays.  I had to award this 3* difficulty because of a very dozy moment I had in the SW corner. I don’t know whether that made me a bit grumpy, but I didn’t seem have quite as much fun as I usually do with a Cephas puzzle.
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2642
A full review by gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! We had a very pleasing solve this week from Virgilius which didn’t seem to cause too many troubles on the day but was just a thoroughly satisfying puzzle.
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Toughie No 788 by Giovanni
Flavour of the Fifties
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
We have an entertaining puzzle from Giovanni, probably not too difficult if (like me) you can remember the 1950s. Let us know how you got on with it.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26891
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from the Vega Baja where the weather continues to be the weather, been told off for mentioning it so I won’t!.  Well, I loved this puzzle from the Wednesday Wizard – tricky enough not to be a write-in but solvable with a bit of preservation.  Maybe some of you might give it 4* for difficulty and some only 2* – be interesting to see the comments.
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Toughie No 787 by Kcit
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Typical Tuesday Toughie fare from Kcit. While not trivially easy, it should be solvable by those who usually give the Toughie a wide berth.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26890
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
We have fairly standard fare today with nothing that really stands out for me. Let us know what you made of it and how you got on.
If you want to reveal an answer just drag your cursor through the space between the curly brackets under the clue that’s causing you problems.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26889
Hints and tips by Libellule
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
It took significantly longer to write the explanations in than it did to do the crossword. Still good fun though, but I was probably helped by a liberal sprinkling of clues I am sure some of you will have seen before.
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2643 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the more difficult clues and provide hints for them.
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Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 122
A Puzzle by Nina
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This is the puzzle which was distributed at the recent Sloggers & Betters 9 meeting.
Checking the venue of that meeting could be of assistance when solving.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26888 (Hints)
Big Dave’s Crossword Club
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There’s still time to enter our very own, brand new, Prize crossword.
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.
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