Sunday Toughie No 43 by Robyn
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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I found this at the difficult end of the Toughie spectrum, equivalent to a Thursday or maybe Friday Toughie rather than the somewhat gentler Tuesday level that Zandio says Mr Ed. is aiming for. I needed my dictionary for a couple of obscurities, (if the unit of magnetic field strength was the first thing to mind you are a better cruciverbalist than I)
When the long down clues revealed themselves I picked up the pace a little but it was still a bit of a grind (rather like an 8d innings!) With 20d I have a definition and an answer but the wordplay eludes me, any ideas?
Anyway, this isn’t getting the baby bathed.
Here we go…
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Enigmatic Variations 1566 (Hints)
Head Back Home by inkling
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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“Who is Inkling?” we ask. We will have to solve this puzzle to see whether there is the familiar style of a setter hiding under a new pseudonym or whether the setter is new to us.… Continue reading
Quarterly Prize Puzzle No 122 – Review
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3187 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, on the fourth anniversary, two days ago in reality, of Dada as our Sunday setter and even after occasional head scratching on a Saturday evening, I still have more hair on my head than my baby brother and my son put together.… Continue reading