Toughie No 3446 by Light
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
DT 30878
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30878
Hints and tips by Senf
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/***Â – Enjoyment ***/****
A very good Wednesday morning from Winnipeg on the last full day of Winter with Spring beginning at 0901Z tomorrow.… Continue reading
Sunday Toughie 163 (Review)
Sunday Toughie No 163 by Beam
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 9th of March 2025
ST 3307 (full review)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3307
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 9th March 2025
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. A straightforward and gentle puzzle from Dada this Sunday that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a full review of his puzzle for your kind perusal and valuable feedback.
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Toughie 3445
Toughie No 3445 by Chalicea
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment **/*** – Vocab ***
Lumme, Chalicea has been quintessentially Chalicea today, working her magic dictionary – and my app-scrolling thumb – hard.… Continue reading
DT 30877
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30877
Hints and tips by Huntsman
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** Enjoyment ***/****
A beautiful sunny start to the day here in Harpenden & having been bitterly cold on the golf course yesterday I’m hoping the promised warmer weather arrives over the next couple of days as I plan to get the sticks out again.
Thoroughly enjoyed today’s puzzle, which I assume to be an Anthony Plumb production. As ever elegantly & concisely clued throughout I found it about on a par with Monday’s puzzle so it ought not to present too much difficulty.
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DT 30876
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30876
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Ottawa where the weather is unseasonably warm and our hockey team is contending for a playoff spot – which would be their first appearance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs in seven years. How could things be any better? Oh yeah, I guess I can think of something.
I have no idea who may have set this puzzle. For reasons Rabbit Dave explained on the blog a couple of weeks ago, it is almost certainly not Robyn. I was only able to find one pun in the Quick Crossword, so (unless someone proves me wrong) it would not seem to be the setter who emulates the late Campbell by slipping in a second pun.
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Rookie Corner 570
Sunday Toughie 164 (Hints)
Sunday Toughie No 164
by Zandio
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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I had a rather pleasant tour of the North East Coasts and Castles yesterday, but I was rather tired and a restorative Torabhaigh meant that I fell asleep before I had fully parsed this last night. Coffee and a bacon butty restored me this morning.
Is Zandio having a go at my drinking in the unches going right from 16… perhaps not
14a and 14d clues today and I have hinted half
Here we go…
EV 1686 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1686 (Hints)
Good Advice? by Skylark
Hints and tips by Phibs
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This week I thought I’d see if Google could point me in the direction of some Good Advice for crossword solvers.