Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31055
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 11th October 2025
BD Rating –Difficulty ** – Enjoyment *****
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Toughie 3567
Toughie No 3567 by Beam
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Toughie difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
Beam’s back to tickle us with (most of) his usual tricks. There is, of course, a “sweetheart”, a smidgeon of light cheek and a riot of double definitions. Nowt obscure and all very jolly. Over to you.
DT 31059
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31059
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning, fellow puzzlers.
A perfect Thursday puzzle, in my opinion. Just enough head scratching required to make it a satisfying and most enjoyable solve. Having said that, I got off to a very poor start by biffing “hairgrip” for 1a. Yes, I know it doesn’t make any sense, but I thought I would make the solve a bit more challenging by making a complete Horlicks of the first clue.
In the blog below, the definition element of each clue has been underlined, anagrams are CAPITALISED and the crossword technique “indicator words” are in brackets. The answers are concealed under the “Click Here” buttons. Please leave a comment telling us how you got on and what you thought of the puzzle.
Many thanks to our setter and to the DT Crossword Team.
EV 1715 (Solution)
Toughie 3566
Toughie No 3566 by Prime
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ***
DT 31058
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31058
Hints and Tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** Enjoyment ****
Not too difficult for a Wednesday but good fun – thanks to our setter.
Continue reading “DT 31058”
ST 3337 (Full Review)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3337
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 5th October 2025
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. A very pleasant and gentle puzzle from Dada this Sunday that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a full review of his puzzle for your kind perusal and valuable feedback. Continue reading “ST 3337 (Full Review)”
Toughie 3565
Toughie No 3565 by Donnybrook
Hints and tips by Whybird
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Welcome to the Toughie week. Autumn is well underway on the Wirral, and the redwings are pouring in (or over/through).
Donnybrook has given us a fairly gentle and enjoyable start to this week’s proceedings. Despite my terror at seeing linked clues, these were on the mild side and provided a good way in, helped by twigging 1a straightaway. Spotting a couple of “high score” Scrabble letters had me wondering about pangrams, but I can’t see anything unusual on that front.
6d is a clear winner for me today, although the answer to 2d is a top word! Thanks to Donnybrook for easing us in nicely.
Please leave a comment telling us how you fared and what you liked about the puzzle.
DT 31057
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31057
Hints and tips by Huntsman
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BD Rating – Difficulty * Enjoyment ***
A pretty miserable looking start to the day here in Harpenden so can’t muster up any enthusiasm for golf this afternoon.
Today’s offering from our regular Tuesday compiler is, in my view, pretty much on a par with yesterday’s puzzle in terms of difficulty. As ever concisely clued & entertaining with perhaps slightly more straightforward wordplay than can sometimes be the case with Anthony Plumb puzzles. I don’t anticipate many will require any help from the (hopefully correct) hints below but they’re there with the usual assortment of tunes.
In the hints below the definition element of each clue has been underlined, anagrams are CAPITALISED & the crossword technique “indicator words” are in brackets. The answers are concealed under the Click Here buttons. Please leave a comment below telling us what you thought & how you got on with the puzzle.
DT 31056
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31056
Hints and tips by Smylers
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BD Rating – Difficulty ★ – Enjoyment ★★★
Hello and Happy Thanksgiving to all those in Canada, especially to Falcon with whom I share this Monday slot. Also Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Columbus Day, and Sukkot as appropriate.
And, perhaps more relevantly to this blog, Happy National Train Your Brain Day — something which is surely best celebrated with a cryptic crossword. Today’s Telegraph Crossword has gentle cluing, no obscure words, and a friendly grid†. If you’re as bad at anagrams as I am then increase the difficulty rating to ★★ (but almost none of you are, so I’ve rated it accordingly).