Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30997
Hints and tips by Huntsman
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BD Rating – Difficulty * Enjoyment ****
It’s a lovely sunny day here in Harpenden this morning & it looks as though the weather is set fair down here for the remainder of the week.
I did wonder if we were going to get something a bit different today after the shock of Saturday’s prize puzzle & yesterday’s fairly tricky (for me) offering. I needn’t have worried because we’ve the usual expert Plumbing & a very tidy job it is too. I found it pretty straightforward & thoroughly enjoyable from a fast start to a brisk finish. Chalicea has also given us a very approachable floughie over in t’other place that is well worth a visit for those who don’t usually venture to those parts.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30996
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from my lakeside retreat near Ottawa, where today is a provincial holiday in Ontario as well as several other provinces.
Today’s puzzle had a decidedly more modern feel to it than usual with many cultural references that certainly post-date my generation.
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Sunday Toughie No 184
by Beam
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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After the Centenary celebrations, we are back to normal with this fine Beam toughie. All his signatures are there, toilet humour, initial letters, underwear, queens and sweethearts and an impressive five-and-a-bit words per clue.
We have a generous 16a and 16d clues, and I have hinted just less than half, allowing me to provide a nudge or two if required.
Here we go, Folks…
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3328 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where the heat, humidity, and smoke continue – roll on September when it should start cooling down.
For me, and I stress for me,© after yesterday’s GCHQ brain mangling normal service has been restored! Dada quite friendly with 6 anagrams (two partials), two lurkers, and two homophones all in an almost symmetric 30 clues; with 15 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!
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30995 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by crypticsue)
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Toughie No 3524 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
Osmosis is at his most devious today. This took me some time but getting the spine of the grid (5d) early was a big help. I did enjoy the struggle – many thanks to our setter.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30989
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 26th July 2025
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. A nice, lovely Saturday puzzle from NYDK that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a review of the same for your kind perusal and significant comment. Continue reading “DT 30989 (Full Review)”
Toughie No 3523 by Kcit
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Toughie difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Surprisingly gentle for a Thursday Toughie, pleasingly musical and studded with Kcit’s seemingly trademark one-letter deletions (and additions).… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30993
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
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Good morning, fellow puzzlers.
Following the special anniversary puzzle yesterday, normal service has been resumed and we are treated to our fortnightly Thursday offering from RayT, including all of his regular trademarks and a word count of just a fraction over 5 words/clue. An enjoyable puzzle as ever and a very entertaining Quickie pun to boot..
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. Please also try to be positive – it’s only a bit of fun.
Many thanks to our setter and to the DT Crossword Team.
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