September 17, 2023 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Sunday Toughie 86 (Hints)

Sunday Toughie No 86

by Zandio

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

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Zandio gave me a 10a on Sunday Toughie solving last night, I had to go to the land of nod before all the parsings came to me but a good seven hours kip has thrown light on the trickier parts – pipe up if you disagree with my hints and ask away if you want an extra nudge on the unhinted clues

Zandio has given us 16a and 14d clues today and I have hinted half

Here we go…

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Hints and tips by The Numpties

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Hints and tips by Senf

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