Toughie No 448 by Excalibur
There’s Good News and ….
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
I’ve not reviewed one of Excalibur’s puzzles for some time and the good news is that this is nowhere near as poor as some that we had last year. On the other hand we still get a number of clues where the wordplay is backwards and some where the surface reading doesn’t make any sense. I progressed through it at a rate of knots before getting stuck for ages in the SE corner.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26382
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Jay entertains us once again with a typical Telegraph-quality puzzle. I found this slightly easier than some recent Wednesday offerings.
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Toughie No 447 by Beam
I did it My Way!
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Ray T’s second outing as a Toughie setter was quite enjoyable. Once you get used to the stretched definitions, the clues are straightforward if a bit tough.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26381
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Shamus has given us another pangram today and they’re rapidly becoming a trademark of his. It’s a pleasant puzzle with very fair clueing. Let us know what you thought of it in a comment.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26380
Hints and tips by Libellule
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
The crossword today seems slightly trickier than normal, but there are plenty of clues to get you started. No particular clues stood out and on the whole it seemed to lack Rufus’ normal wit. Please leave a comment and let us know what you think.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26379 (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 446 by Elgar
sdrawkcaB knihT
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
Greetings from the Calder Valley and we have probably the toughest Toughie for quite some time to work with today. The sense of pride and achievement in entering the last answer is something I shall remember, for, gentle solver; this was a seriously nasty beast. Indeed I was tempted to give it a lot more stars for difficulty!
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26378
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
We have a typical Giovanni puzzle today with a mixture of clues of varying difficulty, including a number of easy ones to help you get started. The grid does contain a number of double unches which may bother some people, but I can’t see that they cause any great problems. Let us know, in a comment, what you thought of it.
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Toughie No 445 by Warbler
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I did the top half very quickly and then struggled a bit with the bottom half. But overall it was certainly no more than average difficulty.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26373
A Full Review by Gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Afternoon All! This was the usual Cephas puzzle that should not cause too many complaints although it was maybe harder than last week’s. A couple of easy cryptic definitions and some good clues along the way.
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