Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26688
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
Not one of my favourite puzzles. In my opinion, answers like 30a don’t really belong on the back page.
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Toughie 652
Toughie No 652 by Kcit
A Tale of Two Cities
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
When I found out (last night) that today’s Toughie setter was to be Kcit I checked out what I’d written about his most recent Toughies and I could really just write “ditto” for this one. The puzzle is fine, it has some good clues, but basically it doesn’t rate as a Toughie and therefore I didn’t enjoy it that much. Now that we no longer seem to get Toughies from Busman, Campbell or Cephas, Kcit’s puzzles are the easiest Toughies – that’s my view. Discuss!
DT 26687
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26687
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hola from the Vega Baja, where Autumn has set in – jeans, socks and rugby shirt required today!
A super puzzle today from the Wednesday Wizard with some fantastic clues. I thought it a bit trickier than his recent offerings but very entertaining and I nearly gave it 5* for enjoyment, but that might be just due to my mood at the moment. A few ‘D’ohs’ and a few bangs of the head on the table as the pennies dropped but that may be due to having visitors and therefore more than the usual excessive alcohol intake!
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Toughie 651
Toughie No 651 by Warbler
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
I found this Warbler Toughie to be harder than many of her recent offerings. Maybe it was because I am not a great fan of building up answers letter by letter, as was the case in several of the clues.
DT 26686
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26686
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
We have a not too strenuous workout today from one of our unknown setters. Let us know how you got on in a comment.
The answers are present, but hidden between the curly brackets under the clues. Just highlight the space between the brackets to reveal one.
Congratulations to Tilsit and his team on last night’s excellent performance. Can they go all the way?
DT 26685
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26685
Hints and tips by Libellule
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A usual Monday crossword from Rufus that should be enjoyed by most. My only niggle is that its a bit of a cornery grid. I will not try to comment on what happened in the semi-final on Saturday, but even in France, the French think the wrong team won.
Toughie 650
Toughie No 650 by Firefly
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
I appear to have been the main beneficiary of Tilsit’s hospital appointment in that I get to blog today’s enjoyable and challenging puzzle rather than yesterday’s offering which was just about the easiest Toughie I have ever done. The main challenge in today’s puzzle arose from a number of unfamiliar answers. Fortunately they were all easily deducible from the wordplay (with the possible exception of ancient Iraq and the avian projections). Apologies for the slight delay in posting this blog but I’ve just had a hard morning playing table tennis.
ST 2609
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2609
A full review by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Another splendid start to Sunday from Virgilius – I had a bit of a mental block with 12a but once I had worked it out, thought it should join my list of favourite clues, all highlighted in blue.
DT 26683
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26683
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
This is typical Giovanni puzzle with very precise clueing and smooth surfaces. It’s hard enough to make you think (but not as much of a stretch as yesterday’s). Let us know how you got on in a comment.
My good wishes for the Welsh rugby team obviously did the trick last week so let’s hope for more of the same tomorrow morning so that we reach the final (wouldn’t that be worth celebrating!). Here’s something stirring to get you in the mood for the big match:
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DT 26678
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26678
Hints and tips by gnomethang
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BD Rating –Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All! We had a pleasant challenge from Cephas this week. Not too taxing but a few good charades and a couple of amusing definitions. 27a and 15d were favourite for me this week.