Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30989 (Hints)
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100 years of the DT Crossword
The Centenary of the Daily Telegraph Crossword
On July 30, 1925, the Daily Telegraph published its first crossword. As we celebrate the centenary of the puzzle, we hope solvers will enjoy taking part in the different activities planned to mark the occasion.
Toughie 3520
Toughie No 3520 by Elgar
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
DT 30988
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30988
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to Friday. It felt like there were a lot of charades in today’s enjoyable puzzle by the setter who uses every letter but X. Continue reading "DT 30988"
DT 30983 (Full Review)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30983
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 19th July 2025
BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
Toughie 3519
Toughie No 3519 by Beam
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***/****
The usual tight clueing from Beam: no anagrams and a raft of inventive, but fair, synonyms.… Continue reading
DT 30987
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30987
Hints and tips by Huntsman
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** Enjoyment ***
Overcast here in Harpenden this morning & with rain in the forecast this afternoon so no golf.
Shabbo is off to Suffolk hence our swap which takes me out of my Anthony Plumb comfort zone. I was expecting a Smooth production but pretty certain it’s not one of his & wouldn’t like to hazard a guess at who the setter is. I found it pretty straightforward other than some doubt as to what to underline in a couple of the clues. There’s rather a lot of GK which I guess is fine if you’re familiar with it so I’ll be interested to see what others think.
Great to see some new commenters on yesterday’s blog. I do hope that having de-lurked they comment again.
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.
EV1703 (Solution)
Toughie 3518
Toughie No 3518 by Hudson
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty * – Enjoyment *****
DT 30986
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30986
Hints and Tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** Enjoyment ***
I thought that this was set at about the right level (in terms of difficulty) for a Wednesday with my only real difficulty coming in the decipherment of the Quickie pun. I enjoyed the puzzle; thanks to our setter.
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