Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3294 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, yesterday afternoon, we enjoyed a t-shirts and shorts temperature of plus 4 degrees.
For me, and I stress for me, wind the clock back by 314 blogs to November 18, 2018, Dada’s first Sunday, where I wrote ‘I think he has given us something that is closer to one of his Toughies’ and the same applies today – several longish ‘uns, seven anagrams (four partials), one lurker, and no homophones all in a symmetric 28 clues; with 14, plus one bonus, hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading
A Puzzle by Prolixic
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30791 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by crypticsue)
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Toughie No 3388 by Sparks
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ***
Sparks has given us a pretty tricky double (thanks Huntman) pangram today – thanks to him. There are a few gimmes but most of the clues need some cogitation.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30785
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 30th November 2024
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. A really straightforward and entertaining Saturday puzzle from NYDK that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a review of the same for your kind perusal and significant feedback.
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Toughie No 3387 by Silvanus
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Silvanus is as smooth and enjoyable as ever – many thanks to him.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30789
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from a very dreich Welwyn Garden City. A good day for doing crossword puzzles.
Once again, no prizes for guessing the identity of our setter today. It’s Thursday, the “words per clue ratio” is a fraction over five and the calling cards at 23a and 25a all tell us that this is the work of RayT.
In the blog below, the definition element of each clue has been underlined, anagrams are CAPITALISED and the crossword technique “indicator words” are in brackets. The answers are concealed under the “Click Here” buttons. Please leave a comment telling us how you got on and what you thought of the puzzle. Please also try to be positive – it’s only a bit of fun.
Thank you, setter.
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Toughie No 3386 by Hudson
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty ** – Enjoyment *****
Hudson set us a splendid pangram for our 21d delight. Continue reading “Toughie 3386”