Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30755
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 26th October 2024
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata.… Continue reading
Toughie 3367
Toughie No 3367 by Kcit
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment **
This is just about as straightforward as any Thursday Toughie I’ve blogged and I didn’t really warm to it. You may agree or disagree – please let us know. Thanks to Kcit.
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DT 30759
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30759
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
A beautiful autumnal morning here in Welwyn Garden City with the promise of a lovely day ahead. Fingers crossed.
After my inauspicious debut blogging the SPP on Sunday, it is good to be back in my regular slot. I thought this morning’s puzzle was spot on for a Thursday, with some smooth surface reads and plenty of smiles. Thank you setter, whoever you are. The brevity would point towards RayT, but neither of his calling cards is there. I struggled a bit with the parsing of 12a initially, but that was entirely down to me being daft and not following the wordplay correctly.
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.
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Toughie 3366
Toughie No 3366 by Django
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
DT 30758
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30758
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
Spring showers are meant to be nice gentle ones that help all the flowers grow. What we are having lately feel more like icy downpours which create quite a different image.
We found a few stumbling blocks in this one, particularly in the SW quadrant.
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Sunday Toughie 143 (Review)
Sunday Toughie No 143 by
Robyn
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 20th of October 2024
ST 3287 (Full Review)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3287
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 20th October 2024
BD Rating –Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
Toughie 3365
Toughie No 3365 by Chalicea
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Very light indeed. I think, for once, we can all agree on a difficulty rating.… Continue reading
DT 30757
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30757
Hints and tips by Huntsman
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** Enjoyment ***
A pleasant and not too demanding puzzle to brighten up a dull start to the day here in Harpenden. As ever nicely clued & with a couple of gently misleading surfaces.
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