Sunday Toughie No 60 by Zandio
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 18th of March 2023
Tag: Sunday Telegraph
Sunday Toughie 61 (Hints)
Sunday Toughie No 61 by Robyn
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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I think Robyn went a bit easier on me last night as the clocks went forward. We have 16a and 14d clues today and I have hinted half. I hope you find enough checkers to get the rest. The midwife that Mama Bee used to be was particularly amused by 8d and it was my favourite too, but 28a ran it close.
This isn’t getting the ring around the bath off (6a) so here we go…
EV 1583 Hints
Enigmatic Variations 1583 (Hints)
Remedies by The Ace of Hearts
Hints and tips by Phibs
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What an intriguing pseudonym. Apart from being a playing card, The Ace of Hearts is the title of a 1921 film in which the member of a vigilante group who is to carry out an assassination is selected by a card being dealt to each person in turn until one receives the ace of hearts. Is this relevant? I’m hoping that our setter might be able to tell us.
ST 3205 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3205 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, while Spring may have sprung, the grass has not yet riz, because most of it is still under up to 30 cms of hard-packed snow, but we do have birdies mostly the hardy small ones, sparrows, chickadees, and nuthatches, who stay with us all year unlike the wimpy large ones which have to migrate to warmer climes for Winter.… Continue reading
EV1581 (Setter’s Blog)
Sunday Toughie 59 (Review)
Sunday Toughie No 59 by proXimal
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 12th of March 2023
ST 3203 (full review)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3203
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 12th Mar 2023
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. Dada has given us a slightly tough Sunday puzzle but overall an enjoyable one and now I present to you a full review of the puzzle.… Continue reading
Sunday Toughie 60 (Hints)
Sunday Toughie No 60
by Zandio
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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Zandio gets to set the 60th Sunday Toughie today, I hope that it doesn’t keep me up all night as by the time you get to read this I will be out to Mother’s Day Lunch with Mama Bee (it didn’t- crossword solved before 01:00 7 hrs beauty sleep and hints done before 10:00). I hope that the brevity of hints is sufficient to get you close to the end and that you can help each other with any unhinted gaps without triggering the red pencil of doom from the powers that be.
A couple of parsings elude me (19d and the second word of 3d see bonus pic for the pad in question)
14a and 14d today and I have hinted half
Here we go…
EV 1582 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1582
Undefined Parameters by Cagey
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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It seems that this is only Cagey’s third Enigmatic Variations crossword though his is a more familiar name in the Magpie. We wondered how cagey he was going to be with his clues and prompts.… Continue reading
ST 3204 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3204 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, while it may be the last full day of Winter today, Old Man Winter does not seem willing to allow the change of season to take place. … Continue reading