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DT 31103 (Full Review)

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31103

A full review by Rahmat Ali

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This puzzle was published on 6th December 2025

BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ****

Greetings from Kolkata. A truly brilliant and superb Saturday puzzle from NYDK that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a review of the same for your kind perusal and significant feedback. Continue reading “DT 31103 (Full Review)”

DT 31103 (Hints)

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31103 (Hints)

The Saturday Crossword Club

(hosted by Cryptic-Sloop John Bee)

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Sloop here again, I thought I might have had to go down on bended knee to be here again, but I guess that Sue’s is still a bit sensitive to knee comments.

Five linked solutions that are anagrams or partial anagrams have curtailed my hinting of 14a and 16d clues today, but I hope you find enough checkers to fill the lights.

I’m providing hints for what I consider to be some of the harder clues. If you’re really stuck on one of the clues I haven’t hinted I may provide a bit more help. However, I have to take Mama Bee out Christmas shopping/coffee drinking, so beware of the naughty step, as no cake is available.

Please check out Rahmat Ali’s review on Friday; they are always informative and worth a read. They will explain this clever puzzle much more than I can in the hints.
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