Toughie No 125 by Notabilis
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
An average Toughie with a few well-constructed clues. It certainly helps if you can get 16a early on.
DT Cryptic No 25897
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25897
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
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Toughie No 124
Toughie No 124 by Jed
One of the easier Toughies
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
After last Friday’s struggle, I found this one to be much easier. As always when a puzzle contains four long answers, getting at least two of these early on is the key to success.
DT Cryptic No 25896
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25896
Today’s hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
This puzzle was a pleasure to tackle with its large number of cleverly-worded clues.
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DT Cryptic No 25895
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25895
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
ScrewedUp News – Apr 6
ScrewedUp News – Apr 6
Edition 15
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This has been a disastrous weekend for subscribers to the ScrewedUp site. This morning we can add DT Cryptic 25895, Quick Crossword 25895 and Herculis 12258 to those missing from the weekend (Quick Crossword No 45, Enigmatic Variations No 857 and GK Quick No 89).… Continue reading
ScrewedUp News – Apr 5
ScrewedUp News – Apr 5
Edition 14
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This morning we are missing Quick Crossword No 45 and Enigmatic Variations No 857, as well as yesterday’s GK Quick No 89.
ST Cryptic No 2478 – Hints
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2478 – Hints
Selected hints by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
For the weekend prize crosswords I will select a few of the better clues and provide hints for them. A full analysis of this puzzle will be available at 12.00 next Thursday, 9th April.
Some hints to get you started: Continue reading “ST Cryptic No 2478 – Hints”
ScrewedUp News – Apr 4
ScrewedUp News – Apr 4
Edition 13
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Apr 5 – The Codewords No 1267 has now been changed, with a totally different set of numbers, but still no GK Quick No 89!
We managed to get through last weekend without an edition of ScrewedUp News, but not so this weekend!!
If you try to access the GK Quick No 89 through the home page then, guess what? – yes, you get last week’s GK Quick No 88 and you can play it all over again.
Also there is an error in Codewords No 1267:
DT Cryptic No 25894 – Hints
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25894 – Hints
Selected hints by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Peter Biddlecombe’s full review of this puzzle will be published at 12.00 on Thursday, 9th April.