Toughie No 3502 by Hudson
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty * – Enjoyment *****
DT 30962
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30962
Hints and Tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** Enjoyment ****
We’re getting some great puzzles on Wednesdays and I really liked this one. Many thanks to our setter.
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Sunday Toughie 177 (Review)
Sunday Toughie No 177 by Light
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 15th June 2025 Continue reading “Sunday Toughie 177 (Review)”
ST 3321 (Full Review)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3321
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 15th June 2025
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from Kolkata. A nice, challenging puzzle from Dada this Sunday that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a full review of his puzzle for your kind perusal and valuable feedback. Continue reading “ST 3321 (Full Review)”
Toughie 3501
Toughie No 3501 by Donnybrook
Hints and tips by Whybird
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from a distinctly dreich Wirral. I suppose the garden will benefit, but it’s not what I want from late June! … Continue reading
DT 30961
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30961
Hints and tips by Huntsman
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** Enjoyment ***/****
A bit of an overcast start to the day here in Harpenden after some much needed overnight rain but the sun has now come out & it’s brightening up nicely which suits me fine for golf this afternoon.
This one took me a bit longer to complete than is usual for me with an AP puzzle but I think that was probably the result of another poor night’s sleep due to this hot weather. As ever nicely clued throughout & with some excellent surface reads. I’m swapping shifts with Shabbo next week as he has once again agreed to accommodate my golfing commitments.
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DT 30960
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30960
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from my lakeside retreat outside Ottawa, where summer has made a dramatic entry, with high winds and tornado warnings and temperatures forecast to reach the mid-thirties today.
The puzzle did not appear to me to be the work of any of our recent setters so I will not venture a guess. However, it should appeal to fans of anagrams and word search.
In the hints below, underlining identifies precise definitions and cryptic definitions, FODDER is capitalized, and indicators are italicized. The answers will be revealed by clicking on the ANSWER buttons.
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Rookie Corner 583
Sunday Toughie 178 (Hints)
Sunday Toughie No 178
by Zandio
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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A great Toughie from Zandio today, I managed to see it at about 11:30 last night and it didn’t take me much past midnight to fill the grid. Parsing it this morning took longer. The Spoonerism and nod to our new Tuesday Toughie blogger is probably my favourite today, but plenty of podium candidates.
I don’t think it is sufficient to call a theme but a couple of military units hit the cutting room floor, and another sneaks into 28a. I will try and nudge unhinted clues, if you identify some or all of the picture for 28a
We have 14a and 16d clues today and I have hinted half.
EV 1700 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1700 (Hints)
One Hundred with Seven Inside by proXimal
Hints and tips by Phibs
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A milestone for the EV is marked by a celebratory puzzle from our esteemed editor. I asked Claude, “A puzzle relating to 1700 is cryptically entitled ‘One hundred with seven inside’. Why might that be?”