Sunday Toughie No 47 by proXimal
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 18th November 2022
Month: December 2022
ST 3191 (full review)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3191
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 18th Dec 2022
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata.… Continue reading
Toughie No 2981
Toughie 2981 by Donnybrook
Hints and tips by StephenL
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hello all from South Devon, hope everyone had a good Christmas.
DT 30181
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30181
Hints and tips by Senf
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ***/****
A very good morning from Winnipeg – like turkey leftovers, another serving of me while Twmbarlwm is enjoying leftovers elsewhere – enjoy!… Continue reading
DT 30180
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30180
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Hola from the Vega Baja. You may remember I said last Monday that I was off to Benidorm for Christmas and that’s where I am. Chris Lancaster sent me an advance copy of today’s puzzle so I actually wrote this blog last Thursday! He sent me the puzzle from today’s paper but I’d rather he’d sent me the football results!!!
A fairly benign puzzle today from Campbell but 19a nearly had me beat. Never heard of it and it took about ten minutes of Googling to get an answer! There’s eight clues involving anagrams and two lurkers so you should get off to a good start. I’ll be interested to see what you all make of 19a.
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Rookie Corner 455
A Puzzle by Hopping Rhino
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Sunday Toughie 48 (Hints)
Sunday Toughie No 48 by Zandio
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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Here we go with the first Christmas Sunday Toughie, This is online only today, which probably cuts the audience a bit. As Gazza said in his last blog, now would be a good time to emerge from the shadows and comment. there will always be someone to answer your queries even if postprandial naps and visits from Santa Claus may delay response at times.
I found this a quite gentle toughie but some of that may be because Chris Lancaster at Telegraph Towers was good enough to provide an advance copy of this and other Christmas puzzles. I was able to solve this at my leisure. I thank him and wish him a speedy recovery from a lurgy that is going around at the DT. Thanks also to Crypticsue for liaising the early delivery of puzzles to me and other bloggers.
We have an evenly balanced 14a and 14d clues and I have hinted at half. I can’t decide if any of the unhinted clues merits a hint so will offer a bonus hint to the first lurker to ask. (my own postprandial naps permitting.)
Many thanks to Zandio, proXimal and Robyn for improving my crossword skills with the excellent Sunday Toughie series. I wish them and all the other setters, bloggers, commenters and lurkers here a very merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
Here we go…
ST 3192 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3192 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg from where I would like wish a very Happy Christmas to my fellow bloggers, my fellow commenters, and to CL and his team in Telegraph Towers and his team of setters for all the fun and challenges they have provided over the last year.… Continue reading
NTSPP 672
DT 30179 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30179 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by crypticsue)
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A Saturday Prize Puzzle for Christmas Eve without any seasonal references at all
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