Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26842
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
This one is not too difficult although the omission of clue 28a in the newspaper version may have made it a bit trickier for back-page solvers. I didn’t enjoy it that much – the anagram count is quite high (I have ten As written on my printed sheet) and there also seemed to be a lot of clues where you had to insert or delete single characters. Let us know how you got on.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26841
Hints and tips by Libellule
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Another typically enjoyable Rufus crossword to start the week. Got a bit stuck on 8d (don’t ask why) when I thought the answer was “in ones power”.
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2635 (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 – 114
A Puzzle by eXternal
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External returns with a highly enjoyable crossword today. There is lots of wit, inventive cluing and misdirection to keep you amused and guessing. More of the same, please.
I have highlighted my favourite clues in blue. Drop by and let us have your comments.
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Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 114
A Puzzle by eXternal
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Welcome to the latest in our series of puzzles, which have now been running every week for over two years.
A few weeks ago we published our first puzzle by eXternal. You enjoyed that one, so now here’s another.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26840 (Hints)
Big Dave’s Crossword Club
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Advance notice – Tilsit is organising a Northern Sloggers & Betters meeting on April 21st in Todmorden, West Yorkshire.
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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Toughie No 754 by Elgar
Double Trouble!
Hints and tips by Tilsit and Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
Greetings from the Calder Valley! The lovely Crypticsue was at a loose end today and kindly offered to tackle the Downs for me. You simply cannot refuse an offer like that so we have a review that’s in keeping with the theme of the puzzle. The Toughie Tormentor Supreme Elgar is back with a fun puzzle that is packed with an awful lot of thematic material. One of the hallmarks of a great puzzle is that it draws you in and this one did it in style. I personally zipped through the NE and SW corners and then hit a brick in the NW corner. Not helped by only one way in with the design of the grid, I then found it quite tough and needed a prod from my colleague to get in.
Crypticsue writes:- “Greetings from East Kent too! Don’t tell the boss (currently on holiday) that I was at a loose end – I enjoyed this puzzle so much first thing today that I welcomed the chance to have double the fun – I put dots by the clues I like and my newspaper is quite ‘spotty’ today. I was only really held up by parsing 1a but luckily Tilsit came to my rescue. Thanks to him and Elgar too.”
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2634
A full review by gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Afternoon All! Another fine puzzle from Virgilius that was on the gentle side.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26839
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
Today is Friday the Thirteenth so was this to be an omen for a devilishly difficult puzzle? Well not really – this one is well towards the easier end of Giovanni’s range, although as usual a little bit of general knowledge is very helpful. I can’t say that I enjoyed it a great deal, but I’d like to hear your views.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26834
A full review by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***/****
For me this was one of the best Saturday Prize Puzzles for some time. An enjoyable solve with a very nice mix of clues and, for me, double the fun as it was my turn for the review. Thanks very much to Cephas for a great start to Easter Saturday.
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