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ST 3182 (full review)

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3182

A full review by crypticsue

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This puzzle was published on 16th October 2022

BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

Definitely a day to ‘start with the Downs’ but once I got going, this Sunday Prize Puzzle didn’t take that long to solve Continue reading “ST 3182 (full review)”

ST 3182 (Hints)

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3182 (Hints)

Hints and tips by Senf

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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, with some cool-ish temperatures, we have been enjoying ‘mixed’ precipitation.

For me, a slow start, a quick middle, and a slow finish not helped by a senior moment trying to make 9a (2,7) instead of its (3,6) – seven anagrams (four partials), two lurkers (one reversed), and no homophones – all in a slightly asymmetric 30 clues; with 15 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues.… Continue reading