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ST 3311 (full review)

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 3311

A full review by Rahmat Ali

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This puzzle was published on 06th April 2025

BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

Greetings from Kolkata. A nice and witty 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.
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ST 3311 (Hints)

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3311 (Hints)

Hints and tips by Senf

A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where the meteorologists are trying to convince us that by this time next week we will be basking in +19 degrees!  However, they have yet to make any predictions about pigs being able to fly!… Continue reading

Toughie 3311

Toughie No 3311 by Beam
Hints and tips by Gazza

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

A pretty straightforward puzzle from Beam – thanks to him.

As I may have said before there’s little difference in difficulty (apart from the absence of anagrams in the latter) between Ray T’s back-pagers and Beam’s Toughies. Beam’s self-imposed restriction on the length of his clues does make it rather difficult to incorporate complex wordplay.
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