Sunday Toughie No 135
by Zandio
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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A very nice Toughie from Zandio today that didn’t keep me up too long last night, it didn’t seem much tougher than his Friday back pager but your experience may differ. He popped into Friday’s blog to tease 27a and I appreciate the name check 1a 14d and 25a can join the 4-way fight for the podium for me
I have hinted half of 14a and 14d clues today and hope you find the checkers to fill the lights. A bonus nudge may be available if my day out with Mama Bee permits internet access
Here we go…
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Enigmatic Variations 1657 (Hints)
Dictum by proXimal
Hints and tips by Phibs
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Seeking a head start, I asked ChatGPT, “Can you think of any famous dictums that have exactly 36 letters?”
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3279 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, as you may have seen in my SPP Comment yesterday, on Friday, we woke up to fog!
For me, and I stress for me, unless my brain is still ‘fogged,’ Dada very quirky – two anagrams (one partial), two lurkers, and one homophone all in an asymmetric 29 clues; with 14.5 hints, plus a bonus 0.5 of a hint, ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading