Toughie No 3538 by Dharma
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty **** – Enjoyment **
Tag: Telegraph
DT 31016
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31016
Hints and tips by Senf
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****/*****
A very good Wednesday morning from Winnipeg.
For me, etc (I have to say that for Terence), well, at one point I thought we were heading for a pangram but, unless my eyes are deceiving me, which is quite possible, there is no Q or X. Nevertheless (a wonderful word), a very enjoyable, not too challenging midweek puzzle. Hudson perhaps.
ST 3330 (Full Review)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3330
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 17th August 2025
BD Rating –Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Toughie 3537
Toughie No 3537 by Prime
Hints and tips by Whybird
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
Right everyone. That’s enough of the Bank Holiday. … Continue reading
DT 31015
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31015
Hints and tips by Huntsman
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** Enjoyment ****
It’s reasonably bright for the moment here in Harpenden but the forecast says there’s some much needed wet stuff due to arrive before too long.
If SJB’s comment yesterday is correct then fans of Anthony Plumb have a double dose of plumbing to enjoy today as one of his puzzles features in the last of Vintage series. No idea if I reviewed it (if so can’t recall it) but it was a light delight which I completed a good bit quicker than this one. I thought today’s puzzle extremely enjoyable with some excellent surfaces reads & a good splash of humour.
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 31014
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31014
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Ottawa, where I find myself having returned from my lakeside retreat due to a medical appointment in the morning. You are getting a second dose of me in succession to allow Smylers to enjoy the bank holiday with his family. He will fill in for me next week which will be a holiday here in Canada.
I won’t venture to identify the setter of this puzzle which seems to be a departure from the style of those we are accustomed to seeing. In any event, it proved to be a very enjoyable solve; but then, I am very partial to cryptic definitions of which this puzzle contains many. Several of the cryptic definitions contain an embedded precise definition together with some cryptic elaboration. I have indicated this by marking the entire clue as a cryptic definition (dotted underline) as well as marking the precise definition (solid underline).
In the hints below, underlining identifies precise definitions and cryptic definitions, FODDER is capitalized, and indicators are italicized. The answers will be revealed by clicking on the ANSWER buttons.
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Sunday Toughie 187 (Hints)
Sunday Toughie No 187
by Beam
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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A floughier toughie from Beam today. We have a generous 16a and 16d clues today, and I have hinted at just under half of them. I have an allowance for a bonus nudge or two, but I don’t think you will need it today.
Plenty of Beam trademarks today and an impressive 5 1/4 word average.
Here we go, Folks…
ST 3331 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3331 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, on Friday, I got home in time to watch the last 30 minutes of the Red Roses ‘making a statement’ in the opening match of the Rugby World Cup against the USA. But they had better be careful, Canada demonstrated their second in the ‘World Rankings’ status with their impressive win over Fiji yesterday (OK, I know Australia did pretty well too).
For me, and I stress for me,© Dada still friendly, but with some foreign language knowledge required, with 4 long ‘uns, 8 anagrams (5 partials), 1 lurker, and 1 homophone all in 28 clues in a symmetric grid; with 14 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. And, remember, my electronic blue pencil is at the ready and the Naughty Step is OPEN!
DT 31013 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31013 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by crypticsue)
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Toughie 3536
Toughie No 3536 by Elgar
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****