Puzzles for Sunday 16th of October
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Today’s puzzles have kindly been provided by Phil McNeill, the Telegraph’s Puzzles Editor.
NTSPP – 088 (Review)
Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 088
An Alphabetical Jigsaw by Radler
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For those unfamiliar with this form of torture, an Alphabetical Jigsaw requires the solver to solve the clues and then fit the answers in to the grid without knowing which answer goes where. Continue reading “NTSPP – 088 (Review)”
Cruciverbalists’ Convention (Oct 2011)
Cruciverbalists’ Convention
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It’s time once again for a meeting in London so come along and join us at the The Hamilton Hall, Street-level Concourse, Liverpool Street Station, City of London, EC2M 7PY on the 29th October – any time between 12noon and 7.00pm.
Update: John Henderson is planning to get there as close to 9:00am as possible to reserve some space by the back (concourse-side) wall upstairs. As long as my train is on time I should be there by 10:00am.
All are welcome and you can enjoy a host of real ales. Click on either of the pictures for details of the venue.
NTSPP – 088
Not the Saturday Prize Puzzle – 088
An Alphabetical Jigsaw by Radler
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Welcome to the latest in our series of weekly puzzles.
This week we have an Alphabetical Jigsaw by Radler.
DT 26684 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26684 (Hints)
Big Dave’s Saturday Crossword Club
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Many thanks to Phil McNeill for providing today’s puzzle, which can be downloaded from the previous post.
As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select an assortment of clues, including some of the more difficult ones, and provide hints for them.
Puzzles for Saturday 15th of October
Puzzles for Saturday 15th of October
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Today’s puzzles have kindly been provided by Phil McNeill, the Telegraph’s Puzzles Editor.
Toughie 650
Toughie No 650 by Firefly
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
I appear to have been the main beneficiary of Tilsit’s hospital appointment in that I get to blog today’s enjoyable and challenging puzzle rather than yesterday’s offering which was just about the easiest Toughie I have ever done. The main challenge in today’s puzzle arose from a number of unfamiliar answers. Fortunately they were all easily deducible from the wordplay (with the possible exception of ancient Iraq and the avian projections). Apologies for the slight delay in posting this blog but I’ve just had a hard morning playing table tennis.
ST 2609
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2609
A full review by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Another splendid start to Sunday from Virgilius – I had a bit of a mental block with 12a but once I had worked it out, thought it should join my list of favourite clues, all highlighted  in blue.
DT 26683
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26683
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
This is typical Giovanni puzzle with very precise clueing and smooth surfaces. It’s hard enough to make you think (but not as much of a stretch as yesterday’s). Let us know how you got on in a comment.
My good wishes for the Welsh rugby team obviously did the trick last week so let’s hope for more of the same tomorrow morning so that we reach the final (wouldn’t that be worth celebrating!). Here’s something stirring to get you in the mood for the big match:
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DT 26678
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26678
Hints and tips by gnomethang
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BD Rating –Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! We had a pleasant challenge from Cephas this week. Not too taxing but a few good charades and a couple of amusing definitions. 27a and 15d were favourite for me this week.