Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25873
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Don’t forget – just highlight the space between the curly brackets to reveal the answer.
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Toughie No 108
Toughie No 108 by Excalibur
A difficult Toughie with some tenuous clues
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment **
DT Cryptic No 25872
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25872
Today’s hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
An interesting and varied collection of clues, slightly more difficult than yesterday’s but worth the effort to tease out. As usual, the answers are hidden inside the curly brackets – select the white space inside if you’re totally stumped.
DT Cryptic No 25871
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25871
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Don’t forget – just highlight the space between the curly brackets to reveal the answer.
ScrewedUp News – Mar 7
ScrewedUp News – Mar 7
Edition 8
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15.50 – Father Brian reports that the Giant GK is now online. I checked, and he is right, unless you try to access it from the Home page!!
It’s Saturday again and, as several of you have reported, the Giant General Knowledge No 12252 is missing – let’s hope thay make a better job of sorting it out than they did last week!
DT Cryptic No 25870 – Hints
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25870
Selected hints
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A full review of this puzzle, by crossword blogging veteran Peter Biddlecombe, will be published at 12.00 on Thursday, 12th March.
Toughie No 107
Toughie No 107 by Shamus
Shamus sets another relatively easy puzzle
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
DT Cryptic No 25869
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25869
Hints and tips by Libellule
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Libellule is back in his usual Friday slot (last Friday he preferred to go and see France play Wales in Paris). BD
The rugby was excellent. Although a Friday night kick-off at 9.00pm was a little strange. Libellule
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DT Cryptic No 25864 – Review
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25864 – Review
A full analysis by Peter Biddlecombe
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
I slipped up at 17D, but the rest was done in about an average time for a Times puzzle. Probably slower than it should have been, but I’m getting used to this setter’s style and tend to play safe with the answers that feel weak, like 21 and 13, and wait for plenty of checking letters. Continue reading “DT Cryptic No 25864 – Review”
Toughie No 106
Toughie No 106 by Elgar
A difficult but enjoyable puzzle
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****