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DT 31275

by Gazza  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31275
Hints and Tips by Gazza

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

Thanks to today’s setter for a very enjoyable puzzle. I wonder whether your guess as to their identity will correspond with mine.
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Toughie 3710

by crypticsue  

Toughie No 3710 by Donnybrook

Hints and Tips by crypticsue

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

An enjoyable themed Donnybrook  proper Wednesday Toughie where it probably helped if, like me, you knew the required ‘stuff’

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DT 31274

by Deansleigh  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31274
Hints and Tips by Deansleigh

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

Good morning everyone, and welcome to the midweek back-pager blog.   I found today’s crossword to be quite tricky – it took me longer than the previous two days’ puzzles put together.  However, I expect many of you will say that you sailed through this one with no problems at all!  Today we have a pangram for which a fair amount of general knowledge is needed, but everything is fairly clued.  I especially liked 5d, 7d and 18d, but my favourite today is 14a.

Many thanks to our setter: I’m going to take a punt on Hudson, who I know is fond of ursine national treasures such as 1a, as well as the legendary singer whose first name appears in 2d.

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ST 3373 (Full Review)

by Rahmat Ali  

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3373

A full review by Rahmat Ali

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This puzzle was published on 14th June 2026

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

Greetings from Kolkata. A nice and gentle puzzle from Dada this Sunday that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a full review of his puzzle for your meticulous observation and valuable feedback. Continue reading “ST 3373 (Full Review)”

Toughie 3709

by Whybird  

Toughie No 3709 by Chalicea
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BD Rating – Difficulty */2   – Enjoyment ***

Welcome to another Sunny Summer Inside Page Cryptic Crossword week.  I know it says “Toughie” above, and in the paper, and on the Puzzles Page, but it isn’t.  We have another TINO and I only raised the difficulty level by a quarter of a star because of a couple in the NE and for the parsing of 15d.  That’s not to say the puzzle is in any way poor – it’s neatly and cleverly clued as ever for a Chalicea – it was just over far too soon for me, with the notable exception of 15d.  Amongst my favourites were 3d, 7d, 16a, 19a, 20d, 22d and 29a.  However, I’m giving my top prize to 15d.  

Thanks to Chalicea for a very pleasant puzzle.

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DT 31272

by Falcon  

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31272

Hints and tips by Falcon

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BD Rating  –  Difficulty ** –  Enjoyment ***

Greetings from my lakeside retreat near Ottawa where an overcast, rainy Saturday gave way to a warm, sunny Sunday.

Today we have the expected introductory gentle warmup to ease us into this week’s slate of puzzles.

I must give a shout out to Senf who came to my rescue on the Quickie pun. I discover I have been mispronouncing the answer my entire lifetime.

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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Toughie 3708

by Gazza  

Toughie No 3708 by Sparks
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***

There are a couple of unusual words here and some synonyms requiring a bit of thought but all were very fairly clued. Thanks to Sparks for the pangram.
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