A Puzzle by Mary
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Month: October 2022
Sunday Toughie 39 (Hints)
Sunday Toughie No 39 by proXimal
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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I am a bit under the weather today, proXimal gave me a good brain mangling last night and the after-effects of a COVID booster make me feel like I have been beaten up by a baseball bat all night. Today’s mystery parsing is 9a but as it is just 2/3rd checked a guess should suffice. Not sure I will have the energy or time to illustrate too many but anyway.
Here we go, Folks…
EV 1562 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1562 (Hints)
Loss by Kcit
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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Kcit needs no introduction for EV solvers. Dave Hennings’ crossword database tells us that he has been setting them since 1993.… Continue reading
ST 3183 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3183 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, at the end of the week, we had a mini-heatwave with high temperatures in the mid-teens!… Continue reading
NTSPP 663
DT 30125 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30125 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by crypticsue)
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Good morning from East Kent on quite a warm morning where the sun and the clouds can’t quite decide which one of them should prevail.
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Toughie 2944
Toughie No 2944 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
I thought I had picked up on a race-horse theme (googling every across entry – apart from the 4-letter pair – together with ‘horse’ gave a race-horse hit) but Elgar tells me there was no such intention.… Continue reading
DT 30124
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30124
Hints and tips by Senf
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ***/****
A very good Friday morning from Winnipeg.
Amazingly, after yesterday’s loss I did find another five bob in loose change by looking down the side of chair cushions, so, as we have a Pangra where the missing letter is the 24th of the alphabet, I am confident in saying that this is a proXimal production.… Continue reading
DT 30119 (full review)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30119
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 15th October 2022
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
A Cephas crossword Continue reading “DT 30119 (full review)”
Toughie 2943
Toughie No 2943 by Beam
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
Beam provides, as is his usual, an entertaining but not too tricky puzzle.… Continue reading