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Sunday Toughie 122 (Hints)

Sunday Toughie No 122


by Robyn

 

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

 

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A Robyn that I found slightly easier than the last one although anything I gained from starting this at 11.26 was lost in formatting the clues into this blog.
16a and 14d clues today and I have hinted half

Rushing to get this scheduled as my laptop has just had an alarming crash with blue screen of death, I will endeavour to answer any queries to unhinted clues via my phone

Here we go…

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ST 3266 (Hints)

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3266 (Hints)

Hints and tips by Senf

A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where it has certainly been ‘ark weather’ – the forecast was for 50-60mm but I haven’t seen a measured total yet.

For me, and I stress for me, Dada still quite friendly, with a sprinkling of quirkiness, with six anagrams (two partials), no lurkers, and no homophones all in a symmetric 28 clues; with 14 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading