Toughie No 110 by Jed
A very easy Toughie – have a go at this one!
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment **
Tag: Solutions
DT Cryptic No 25874
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25874
Today’s hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A good, honest puzzle with some clever clues. As usual, if you cannot get the answer even with the hint, select the white space inside the curly brackets to reveal it.
Toughie No 109
Toughie No 109 by Warbler
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
This one is not as difficult as yesterday’s. I was held up on 19d because I initially read the last word of the clue as TURN rather than TUM. It’s an easy mistake to make with lower-case letters, but I’ll have to get new glasses!
DT Cryptic No 25873
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.
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.
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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ST Cryptic No 2473 – Review
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2473 – Review
A full analysis by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
As I wrote on Sunday, this puzzle didn’t leave me feeling disappointed as previous Sunday crosswords have. While not easy, there was satisfaction to be derived from solving some of the clues, although rather too many of them were double definitions. And as for 23 down, I look forward to reading your views. Continue reading “ST Cryptic No 2473 – Review”