Toughie No 1760 by Busman
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
On this special day Kitty is canoodling on the other side, so I’m filling in here. We have a very pleasant crossword offering brandy and more than one port. My last one in was 11a where the combination of a wrong checker (7d) and a focus on the wrong definition held me up for a while, putting me half-way between 1* and 2* time – a nice gentle start to the toughie week
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28349
Hints and tips by meteoric Miffypops
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good Morning from the heart of Downtown LI where life is getting back to normal after the great party that followed England’s comfortable win against Wales on Saturday.
Today once again Rufus delights us with his brand of cryptic kidology. I didn’t find any hold-ups and nor should you.… Continue reading
A Puzzle by AKMild
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2886 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
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Good Sunday morning from Winnipeg. Having sunk well into the deep freeze in the middle of the week just gone by with more snow, and highs around -20C (-30C with wind chill), 10C below seasonal normal (whatever that means), we are supposed to reach a balmy -2C today (8C above seasonal normal). … Continue reading
NTSPP – 366
A Puzzle by Gazza
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Toughie No 1759 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
Today we have Elgar’s toughie number 115 and accordingly the puzzle contains a number of related connections, as with his last four puzzles here. I found this difficult but immensely satisfying, and I enjoyed unravelling the theme. With cleverly hidden definitions and plenty of devious wordplay, there were excellent penny-drop moments.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28347
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs on a cold, grey day.
I fairly rattled through today’s Giovanni, with nothing causing any hold-up.
In the hints below, the definitions are underlined. The answers are hidden under the ‘Click here!’ buttons, so don’t click if you don’t want to see them.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28342
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on Saturday 4th February
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
A pangram this week, with double unches and cryptic definitions galore – this was a slightly different Saturday puzzle to the ‘norm’ but it still didn’t take long to solve, and the clues were very ‘blogger friendly’ when it came to typing out the explanations, even allowing for a couple of quibbles, one considered quite major by the commenters on the day!
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There Once was a Man With Six Wives:
Our Kings and Queens in Limericks
by Mick Twister, illustrated by Hannah Warren
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Toughie No 1758 by Shamus
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***/****
A slow start after which the top half fell quickly. The bottom half took slightly longer but it was finished in average time. I didn’t like all the double unchecked letters but they didn’t cause any problems
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