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January 28, 2009 – 12:00 pm
Welcome to Big Dave’s Crossword Blog
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You have reached the world’s biggest and best crossword blog. If you are looking for help with the Daily and Sunday Telegraph cryptic crosswords, a total of 11 puzzles a week, then you have come to the right place.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28748
Hints and tips by Miffypops. Every day is a school day.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
The heart of downtown LI is awash with rain. I have been given two tickets for tomorrow’s big game at Twickenham. Saracens v Exeter.… Read More
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28743
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 19th May 2018
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
After the previous week’s particularly straightforward crossword, this one was definitely back in the new regime’s Trickier Saturday bracket.… Read More
Toughie No 2026 by Stick Insect
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment **
This isn’t the week that Stick Insect ups the difficulty level. It was an extremely gentle puzzle with some very unsatisfactory surfaces.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28747
Hints and tips by Kath
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BD Rating — Difficulty *** — Enjoyment ****
Hello everyone. I thought this was quite tricky in places – it certainly took me a while to get going. I have no idea as to the identity of the setter but it’s not a Ray T Thursday.… Read More
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2951
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 13th May 2018
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***/****
The usual Virgilius Sunday treat – however, while typing the review, I found that there are eleven clues requiring insertions, eight in the Acrosses, and three with the same indicator, which made me a little grumpy so I removed half a star from my enjoyment rating
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Toughie No 2025 by Kcit
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
This is a fairly gentle Toughie which I thought was somewhat lacking in sparkle. There are lots of reversals and deletions of single characters.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28746
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Kia ora from Aotearoa.
Winter has arrived. At present we are having cold days with strong winds bringing a succession of squally showers some of which are thundery and others bringing hail.… Read More
Toughie No 2024 by MynoT
Hints and tips by Kitty
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Sup. I found this puzzle light but fun for the most part before coming to a crashing halt at 19 and 20d, whereupon an asterisk hopped westwards over the line in my pencilled-in rating.… Read More
