Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2705 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, I will select a few of the more difficult clues and provide hints for them.
Day: 18 August 2013
MPP – 015 (Review)
Monthly Prize Puzzle No 15 (August 2013) by Alchemi
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A review by crypticsue
To find the answer all (!!) we had to do was solve the crossword and then ADD UP (27) THE N (16) UMBER (7) S IN G (18a) RID (28) – some obvious and some extremely well-hidden – to reach a total of 150. This was far from easy, even at the testing stage…. “You appear to have added up only three of the eight numbers in the grid, so you don’t have the sum right” !!! I wasn’t alone – less than a quarter of the entries were correct. Still confused? Have a look at the end of the review.
Mrs BD has kindly once again picked out a winner – the lucky person this month being our occasional blogger , Jon Delfin. As he lives in New York, however, he joins the rank of those entering for the HAG (Honour and Glory) and the prize rolls over to next month.