Toughie No 580 by Giovanni
Hey Donny, Donny
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Giovanni’s Toughies are not normally that much harder than his back-page puzzles and that applies today. This is pretty much on a par with his Cryptic last Friday, largely because even if you don’t know a word (as I didn’t 22d) the wordplay will normally lead you unerringly to it. It does have some very clever and enjoyable clues.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26579
Hints and tips by Pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hola From the Vega Baja on a beautiful morning. Just right for solving outside in the courtyard before it gets too hot. As usual an excellent Wednesday puzzle. I toyed with giving it 4* for difficulty as there are a couple of obscure words but they’re both fairly clued so 3 it is! Be interested to hear your views.
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Toughie No 579 by MynoT
Blue is the Colour
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
MynoT’s puzzles often follow a theme. Currently he is working his way through the colours of the rainbow and this week it’s the turn of blue. I have highlighted, in blue of course, as many of the clues and answers that are in some way linked to the theme as I can.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26578
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
We have an enjoyable puzzle from one of our mystery setters today, although I have a couple of quibbles. I found the bottom half more difficult than the top – let us know how you found it.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26577
Hints and tips by Libellule
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Standard Monday fare from Rufus, although I think this one is a bit tougher than normal, 23d is my favourite clue and definite “doh” moment.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26576 (Hints)
Big Dave’s Saturday Crossword Club
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the better clues and provide hints for them.
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Toughie No 578 by Myops
MIND THE GAPS!
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Afternoon All (again!). Tilsit has an appointment today so you get a double dose of me! Huzzah!. When I agreed to fill in I thought that we were due another Myops puzzle and approached the day with some trepidation as I often find him very difficult. Continue reading “Toughie 578”
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26575
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Giovanni has given us a stiffer test today than for the last few weeks and has reclaimed the title of “most difficult of the week” for Fridays. There are some top-rate clues here, as well as a couple of homophones which are bound to polarise opinions. Give us your view in a comment.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26570
A full review by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***/****
Another straightforward Saturday puzzle which proved very enjoyable to both solve and review. No particular favourite clues for me, but I continue to enjoy the varied and numerous ways setters employ to indicate an anagram. Thanks to Cephas once again.
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Toughie No 577 by Shamus
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
This was slightly trickier than I thought it was going to be in that a bit of thought was needed to work out some of the wordplay.
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