Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2509 – Hints
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Sunday has come round again, and here is yet another in this long run of excellent puzzles.
Don’t forget that you can give your assessment of the puzzle. Five stars if you thought it was great, one if you hated it, four, three or two if it was somewhere in between.
As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the better clues and provide hints for them.
A full review of this puzzle will be published at 12.00 on Friday, 13th November (lucky for some!).
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2508
A full analysis by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Tilsit’s review is a little late, so I have decided to publish the answers and the essentials of the wordplay.
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2508 – Hints
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
This one is not quite as challenging as several recent Sunday prize puzzles, but still a very enjoyable one to solve.
Don’t forget that you can give your assessment of the puzzle. Five stars if you thought it was great, one if you hated it, four, three or two if it was somewhere in between.
As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the better clues and provide hints for them.
A full review of this puzzle will be published at 12.00 on Friday, 6th November (Peter Biddlecombe is still on holiday).
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2507
A full analysis by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
With Peter Biddlecombe on holiday, the pleasure of writing the review passes back to me for a couple of weeks. This was another excellent puzzle, such a pity that, based on blog page views, this is the least solved Telegraph crossword of the week.
Leave a comment telling us what you thought. You can also add your assessment by selecting from one to five stars at the bottom of the post.
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2507 – Hints
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Another delightful Sunday prize puzzle – I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Don’t forget that you can give your assessment of the puzzle. Five stars if you thought it was great, one if you hated it, four, three or two if it was somewhere in between.
As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the better clues and provide hints for them.
A full review of this puzzle will be published at 12.00 on Friday, 30th October (Peter Biddlecombe is on holiday).
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2506
A full analysis by Peter Biddlecombe
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Much easier than last week for me, but there’s plenty to see. First, a bit of symmetry – half-turn rotational symmetry still applies when you’ve drawn in little bars to mark word breaks in multi-word answers.
Legend: (act)* indicates an anagram of act
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2506 – Hints
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
If you found last Sunday’s puzzle a bit on the tough side, then this one is a little easier.
Don’t forget that you can give your assessment of the puzzle. Five stars if you thought it was great, one if you hated it, four, three or two if it was somewhere in between.
As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the better clues and provide hints for them.
Peter Biddlecombe’s full review of this puzzle will be published at 12.00 on Friday, 23rd October.
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2505
A full analysis by Peter Biddlecombe
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Quite a tough puzzle this week – a change from the usual gentle Sunday stroll. No harm in this when it’s a prize puzzle, and an easy few months or so may have been deliberate while solvers adapted to a style very different to the old Sunday Telegraph puzzles.
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ScrewedUp News – Oct 11
Edition 22
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Its been a while since we had to post a ScrewedUp News item. August 1st was the last time.… Continue reading
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2505 – Hints
Are They Getting Harder?
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
If you’ve woken up this morning feeling a bit under the weather you’ll probably need a good supply of caffeine to give you the strength to tackle this puzzle. It’s a real challenge, and it seems to me that it’s approaching the standard of a Toughie, but all the clues are impeccably constructed and I really enjoyed battling with it.
As usual, we don’t publish answers for the prize puzzles until the entry deadline has passed. Below are a few hints for some of the more interesting clues, to help you get started.
All comments are appreciated, but please do not include any full or partial answers.
Peter Biddlecombe’s full review of this puzzle will be published at 12.00 on Friday, 16th October.
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