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BD Rating – Difficulty *** / **** – Enjoyment *** / ****
Greetings from Ottawa where spring is desperately striving to make an appearance but winter is not exiting the stage gracefully. Everything seems to be a good month behind schedule.
Today’s puzzle is definitely not by Ray T. Might it be the work of Petitjean? I will leave it to those more knowledgeable than I to make that determination.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
For me this was one of Jay’s easier puzzles. Feel free to disagree.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
This is enjoyable but not too much of a stretch. I’m not keen on 17d and one of the homophones seems very dodgy to me. Do let us know what you thought of the puzzle and how you fared.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I raced through this but came to a crashing halt with three to go and needed Big Dave’s help. Piggies and grandchild for those who are interested.
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27467
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning from South Staffs this bright Good Friday morning.
As usual from Giovanni, some obscure words but fair wordplay. ** difficulty for me.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
The Saturday Mysteron seems to have upped the difficulty level for his last couple of appearances which for me anyway increases the enjoyment factor.
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
Ray T tests our vocabulary like no other setter in this very enjoyable puzzle.
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
As expected, Jay delivers another enjoyable, accessible puzzle. A little over 1.5* difficulty for me, and 3* for enjoyment. Thanks Jay.
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I’d be surprised if any of our experienced solvers had any great difficulties today; I thought that this would be a good puzzle for someone learning about cryptic crosswords. Do tell us how you got on.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
At four am with a thick head this fine puzzle came to a complete halt halfway through hence the three star difficulty. Reviewing it at nine am, I can see no difficulty at all. Note to self – drink less on Sunday.
