Daily Telegraph - Cryptic Crossword

[mad_ferrit]

Is it true that the DT cryptic crossword gets progressively harder each day up until Friday and then reverts back to moderately easy on Saturday for the Prize Crossword?

I just find that by about thursday I'm really struggling to get anywhere with it, and the clues seem to get a lot looser and more obscure. Does anyone else notice this?

Also... Does anyone know of a "glossary" of terms for the Telegraph (or any other cryptic crossword for that matter) whereby words and phrases that crop up quite frequently such as "sailor" (sometimes = TAR) and "hospital ward" (e.g. = ENT) are defined???

Thanks.

[kayakamina]

There is a different setter for each day of the week. The Thursday one is set by Jeremy Mutch.

An invaluable aid is ' Bradford's Crossword Solver Dictionary' which is used by most setters.

Good luck

[mad_ferrit]

Thanks :)

Do you think it's cheating to use such an "aid"?

I always feel like I'm cheating a bit when I trawl through the dictionary and thesaurus =/

[magicaltimes]

I have found for years that the Telegraph crossword gets harder as the week progresses,by Thursday i usually give up Tuesday are best for me as they usually have a few anagrams in them.
As for the glossary the only thing i can recommend is a crossword solver they are pretty good can be bought for about �20.00.

[mad_ferrit]

Surely a crossword solver is cheating even more? :S

I am aware of the site www.crosswordsolver.org but I try to use it very infrequently... only if I'm really struggling.

[novalis]

I always find Wednesday's the hardest but it's a matter of being in tune with the compiler......or not as the case may be.

[Doddsie]

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