Toughie No 497 by Petitjean
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A perfectly reasonable puzzle but I never really warmed to it.
Tag: Daily Telegraph
DT 26454
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26454
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment *
I did not enjoy this.
Toughie 496
Toughie No 496 by Giovanni
I’ll never view Tapestries the same way again
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
I really enjoyed this Giovanni Toughie. Let us know how you found it in a comment and please remember to click on one of the stars below to show how much you liked it.
DT 26453
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26453
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Our Wednesday Wizard conjures up a puzzle that is not too difficult.
Toughie 495
Toughie No 495 by MynoT
Backwards and forwards
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
I didn’t spot the mini-theme in today’s puzzle until after I’d finished. Solving 13a and 21a will point you in the right direction. Theme related clues are highlighted in green.
DT 26452
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26452
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
I’m pretty sure that this is a Shamus puzzle – it is a pangram which is becoming a trademark of his. It also has a mini-theme, with no less than four male names clued as representatives of European countries. However, I’m willing to bet that the clue attracting most criticism will be 23a, which is the name of a cricketer who was very famous in his day – but his day was a long time ago! Let us have a comment (on 23a or anything else).
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DT 26451
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26451
Hints and tips by Libellule
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Standard Monday morning stuff from the maestro, and I expect no major problems amongst the massed ranks of solvers out there. Please feel free to leave a comment.
If you do need to reveal the answer, just highlight the space found between the curly brackets on the left of the page.
DT 26450 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26450 (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.
Toughie 494
Toughie No 494 by Elgar
The Triple Whammy!
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
Howdoo all!
After two days of being pummelled by Osmosis and Notabilis, we are hit today with the third part of a triple whammy, Elgar, who is full of deviousness as usual. After completing it, I feel like I have been in the ring with David Haye!
I found that this took me a while longer than usual, partly due to the toughness of the clues, but also due to the large number of “double unches” (two unchecked squares together) which didn’t assist with the answers I had trouble with.
DT 26449
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26449
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I wasn’t that taken with this puzzle (presumably by Giovanni) when I solved it, because I am allergic to a high-anagram diet. However, I warmed to it somewhat when writing the review. Let us know your views in a comment.
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