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DT 30740

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30740

Hints and tips by 2Kiwis

BD Rating – Difficulty *** Enjoyment ***

Kia ora from Aotearoa.
We have once more been away in Wellington for a few days and missed out on our regular crossword pattern. Home now and catching up with things again.
A few tricky clues that required a bit of head-scratching for us this week.

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ST 3284 (full review)

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3284

A full review by Rahmat Ali

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This puzzle was published on 29th September 2024

BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****

Greetings from Kolkata. A nice, friendly puzzle from Dada this Sunday that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a full review of his puzzle for your kind perusal and essential feedback.… Continue reading

Toughie 3353

Toughie No 3353 by Donnybrook
Hints and tips by ALP

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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** Enjoyment ****

Slightly chewier than usual, I’d say. At least on the parsing front. And there’s some fairly quirky GK in here. The dollop of classive and an 19th century novel are pretty straightforward, the fabric (argh!)… Continue reading

DT 30739

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30739
Hints and tips by Huntsman

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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** Enjoyment ***/****

I found today’s puzzle considerably more difficult than yesterday & a good bit chewier than is the norm for an AP production, always assuming it is one of his.… Continue reading

DT 30738

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30738

Hints and tips by Falcon

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ****

Greetings from Ottawa, where the weather has turned markedly cooler than it was the last time I appeared on the blog. Overnight lows are flirting with the freezing point.… Continue reading

DT 30736

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30736

Hints and tips by Mr K

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BD Rating  -  Difficulty *** Enjoyment ****

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. Today we have a fine puzzle from the setter who fills his grid with every letter but X.  Lots of smiles during the solve as numerous pennies dropped due to the excellent misdirection in many clues.  Continue reading "DT 30736"

DT 30731 (full review)

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30731

A full review by Rahmat Ali

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This puzzle was published on 28th September 2024

BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ****

Greetings from Kolkata. A lovely, straightforward Saturday puzzle from NYDK that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a review of the same for your kind perusal and significant feedback.… Continue reading