Toughie 3406
Toughie No 3406 by Hudson
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
A lovely start of the week Toughie, just as we have come to expect from Hudson.
DT 30818
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30818
Hints and tips by Senf
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Â – Enjoyment ****
A blog-lite today as I was out late yesterday evening giving money away and I completed this offering at zero dark thirty. … Continue reading
Sunday Toughie 153 (Review)
Sunday Toughie No 153 by
Robyn
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 29th of December 2024
ST 3297 (full review)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3297
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 29th December 2024
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. A nice, friendly puzzle from Dada this Sunday that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a full review of his puzzle for your kind perusal and significant feedback.
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SP-013 (Full Review)
New Year’s Day 2025 Double Toughie by Elgar
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 1st January 2025 and is available here
Toughie 3405
Toughie No 3405 by Dada
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***/****
Dada’s certainly putting in a shift this week, with two on Sunday and another today.… Continue reading
DT 30817
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30817
Hints and tips by Huntsman
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** Enjoyment ***
I usually find Anthony Plumb’s puzzles a tad trickier than Monday but this one was certainly more straightforward than the X-Type offering yesterday. Having misjudged the difficulty rating last week there is a reluctance to risk a telling off from Brian so have played it safe with 2 *s. I’m prepared to risk a small wager that it’ll get more favourable comment from him than last week. As ever concisely clued & a very pleasant solve.
It’s looking like a rain free day so another lengthy walk around Harpenden Common & Rothamsted looks the best option given that the golf courses are still sodden & mine remains closed.
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DT 30816
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30816
Hints and tips by Smylers
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from Ottawa, where the weather has been pretty much as expected, and the locals have been out creating entries for the animal snow sculpture competition.
Hang on, that doesn’t seem right …