Toughie No 684 by Beam
Ooh Missus!
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
All of Beam’s trademarks are here – single-word answers, short and pithy clues, mention of Queen and lots of tongue-in-cheek double-entendres. It’s all thoroughly enjoyable. It took me longer than it should have because I initially wrote in the wrong answer for 7d.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26735
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from Ottawa where we are having a run of unseasonably mild weather – it may be shaping up to be a green Christmas. Today Jay delivers his typical offering of solid, well constructed clues. I gave it two stars for difficulty as I completed it with minimal outside assistance (despite there being a couple of new British terms for me).
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Toughie No 683 by Messinae
Easy Solving
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Messinae entertains us today with a fairly easy but enjoyable puzzle.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26734
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Today’s puzzle is a bit more meaty than the ones we’ve had on recent Tuesdays. Give us your opinions in a comment.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26733
Hints and tips by Libellule
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
I am not expecting anybody to need the blog today…
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2618 (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 – 096
A Puzzle by Prolixic
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Another fine puzzle from Prolixic. I have to say that I didn’t spot the triple unches for which he apologises, but then I rarely notice the obvious! Slightly tougher than some of his puzzles, including some clues which were easier to solve than to explain!
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Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 096
A Puzzle by Prolixic
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Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week’s puzzle is set by Prolixic. There’s a mini-theme lurking – Be Prepared!
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26732 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club
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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 682 by Notabilis
Cordon Bleu!
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
A week of mixed fortunes in Toughieland ends with this superb puzzle from Notabilis.
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