Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26466
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
As some of you have guessed, today we have another Ray T puzzle. It’s not too difficult, so worth having a go.
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Toughie 504
Toughie No 504 by Firefly
Groundhog Day
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
Today is groundhog day and it felt like it when I was solving this puzzle, again and again coming across clues where you have to remove one or more letters from the fodder before you can work out an anagram. Writing the review did make me appreciate it more (and there are some very good clues) but I still think that there are too many of these convoluted anagrams.
Let us know how you fared with it and please remember to click on one of the stars below to show how much you enjoyed it.
DT 26465
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26465
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
I had the great pleasure to meet Jay last Saturday. I hope he will let us all out of our agony and tell us whether he finally managed to catch a train home after narrowly missing the first one! By the way there are a couple of pictures of our Wednesday Wizard on the blog’s facebook page (see link in the side panel).
Toughie 503
Toughie No 503 by Warbler
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
A very enjoyable puzzle from Warbler that had me scratching my head to explain a couple of the wordplays.
DT 26464
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26464
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Unless I’m very much mistaken it’s Shamus today with one of his enjoyable pangrams. I found it a bit more difficult than normal but not sufficiently so to put into 4-star territory. How about you? – let us know what you thought in a comment!
If you need to see an answer just highlight the space between the brackets under the relevant clue.
DT 26463
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26463
Hints and tips by Libellule
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I thought this was a but harder than is normal, and I completed it in fits and starts. 11a is without doubt an old chestnut, but I am sure it will be appreciated by those who have not seen it before. Still – mustn’t grumble, its an enjoyable crossword.
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DT 26462 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26462 (Hints)
Big Dave’s Saturday Crossword Club
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I will be at the Sloggers and Betters meeting in Derby all day, but I’m sure you will be looked after by the rest of the team.
As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the better clues and provide hints for them.
Toughie 502
Toughie No 502 by Micawber
Hints and tips by Tilsit
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Another splendid puzzle from this talented young setter. The puzzle contains a nice mix of challenging clues, plus some moments to make you smile.
It’s good to know that with setters like Micawber (and Paul of The Guardian) the future of crosswords is bright. I’d include Elgar in the young category, but he’s been around since the ark! Good luck to everyone at the gathering in Derby tomorrow, and if you are able to make it, please do. Crossword gatherings are not at all stand-offish or nerdy. In fact Big Dave will personally buy everyone a drink there. (WARNING FROM BD: Claims like this are not necessarily honoured. Your home is at risk if you put a tin of petrol in your microwave and switch it on.)
DT 26461
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26461
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
This is a pleasant, not overly difficult, Giovanni production. Let us know your views in a comment.
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DT 26456
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26456
A full review by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
This Saturday was the turn of the mystery setter to provide some excellent entertainment – one of those puzzles where I started off thinking I might struggle, soon got into the swing of it and ended up delighted to have solved it in a good time. A very nice mix of clues…or were there too many double definitions?.