Toughie No 3354 by Hudson
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
Tag: Daily Telegraph
DT 30740
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30740
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
We have once more been away in Wellington for a few days and missed out on our regular crossword pattern. Home now and catching up with things again.
A few tricky clues that required a bit of head-scratching for us this week.
Toughie 3353
Toughie No 3353 by Donnybrook
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
Slightly chewier than usual, I’d say. At least on the parsing front. And there’s some fairly quirky GK in here. The dollop of classive and an 19th century novel are pretty straightforward, the fabric (argh!)… Continue reading
DT 30739
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30739
Hints and tips by Huntsman
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** Enjoyment ***/****
I found today’s puzzle considerably more difficult than yesterday & a good bit chewier than is the norm for an AP production, always assuming it is one of his.… Continue reading
DT 30738
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30738
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Ottawa, where the weather has turned markedly cooler than it was the last time I appeared on the blog. Overnight lows are flirting with the freezing point.… Continue reading
DT 30737 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30737 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by crypticsue)
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Toughie 3352
Toughie No 3352 by Elgar
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
DT 30736
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30736
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ****
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. Today we have a fine puzzle from the setter who fills his grid with every letter but X. Lots of smiles during the solve as numerous pennies dropped due to the excellent misdirection in many clues. Continue reading "DT 30736"
DT 30731 (full review)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30731
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 28th September 2024
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. A lovely, straightforward 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
Toughie 3351
Toughie No 3351 by Prime
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
This is the first time I’ve had the pleasure of blogging a Prime Toughie and I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Thanks to Prime.
Please leave a comment telling us how you fared and what you liked about the puzzle.… Continue reading