Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2492 – Review
A full analysis by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Yet another excellent Sunday puzzle – if you don’t do these you are missing out.
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Toughie 183
Toughie No 183 by Firefly
Another fine puzzle
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
To be honest, this was light relief after yesterday’s marathon. You need to get 5 down early on otherwise a large section of the puzzle will be made more difficult than necessary.
DT 25983
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25983
Hints and tips by Libellule
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Another classic Friday crossword, that cannot be faulted – enjoy. The top right corner is the most tricky, but it’s where the best clues are for me. Your views and opinions appreciated as always.
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DT 25978 – Review
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25978 – Review
A full analysis by Peter Biddlecombe
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
The difficulty of this puzzle was about average for a Saturday Telegraph. I didn’t enjoy this one much because there seemed to be quite a few problems of various kinds with the clues. So let’s get down to business.
Toughie 182
Toughie No 182 by Giovanni
Payback Time!
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
Last time up we gave Giovanni only two stars for difficulty and the time before that it was three. Well, today it is payback! A true Toughie, which gives that real sense of achievement when you have filled in the final square.
Today it is Tilsit’s turn to suffer hardware problems. Unfortunately, his email to me got lost in the ether for nearly 4 hours, so my apologies for the lateness of the review. I think you will agree that this puzzle was worth the wait.
DT 25982
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25982
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
We’ve been given a really excellent puzzle today, full of beautifully crafted clues with splendid surface readings. It has one obscure word (just to keep you on your toes!). As has been mentioned before, a puzzle like this gives the reviewer a double dose of pleasure – firstly when solving the puzzle, and later when writing the review. Of course you can get the reverse effect with a sub-standard puzzle!
Toughie 181
Toughie No 181 by Notabilis
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
This is a good solid Toughie with a few bits of complicated wordplay. If you were writing this review how many stars would you give it for difficulty and enjoyment? – let me know via a comment!
DT 25981
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25981
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
While the same setters appear to be used for the other days of the week, there is little doubt that Tuesdays and Wednesdays are being rotated. This puzzle was very enjoyable, and far better than the one a week ago. If I’m correct in guessing then this is one of my favourite setters, and an old friend may pay a visit later!
Toughie 180
Toughie No 180 by Cephas
Having waited ages to logon to CluedUp, this is what I got
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment *
Being in a generous mood today, I have awarded this puzzle one star for enjoyment.
Like a number of you, I have been experiencing an unacceptable level of service (or lack of it) from the CluedUp website. As I mentioned on Sunday, the Telegraph Puzzles Editor told me “Regarding the “difficulties” you mention, it does come as a surprise. As far as I am aware the Telegraph has not received any complaints about CluedUp of late!”. If you are having similar problems then contact the Telegraph at telegraphenquiries@telegraph.co.uk or call them on 0800 316 6977. Should you not do so then the management there will sit in their ivory towers and continue to think that there is nothing wrong with the site.
DT 25980
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25980
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
This is a fairly gentle challenge, but the surface readings are pretty good and there is one excellent clue. It should not trouble regular solvers for too long, and would be a good exercise for novices.