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DT 29992

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29992

Hints and tips by Sloop John Bee

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

Good Morning from North Yorkshire. Deep Threat is having a well earned holiday, so Miffypops, Stephen L and myself will be rotating Friday blogging duties until he returns refreshed,
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DT 29991

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29991

Hints and tips by Miffypops

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

Good morning from The Roseland Peninsula where Nurse Ninepence and I are enjoying a holiday with my recently bereaved sister Susan. We will be enjoying a late lunch at Nare Hotel on their Quarterdeck if the sun stays out Continue reading “DT 29991”

DT 29990

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 29990

Hints and tips by 2Kiwis

BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****

Kia ora from Aotearoa.

On our constitutional earlier this morning, when walking beside the river, we spotted a round full moon dipping towards the western horizon while in the middle distance our resident flock of 17 royal spoonbills were standing to attention on the exposed tidal flats of the estuary.… Continue reading

ST 3159

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3159

A full review by Rahmat Ali

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This puzzle was published on 8th May 2022

BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ****

Greetings from Kolkata. Dada has given us a fairly easy and gentle puzzle this Sunday that I enjoyed solving and now it’s my pleasure to present to you a full review of the same for your kind perusal. I shall be happy to have your valuable comments.
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Toughie 2853

Toughie No 2853 by Dada
Hints and tips by StephenL

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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***

Good afternoon to everyone from a cloudy South Devon. Not my favourite Dada puzzle today, I have to say, a bit general knowledge heavy and a few too many double definitions for my liking but as ever with this setter lots to like too.

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