Sunday Toughie No 138
by Zandio
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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Zandio with a not-too-tuff tuffie today, not much harder than his Friday back pager. I hope I haven’t dropped a catch by changing from Go West and a cricket catch to a more obvious place to go in 3a but I am sure the answer is correct even if my parsing fails
We have 14a and 14d clues today and I have hinted half. If you remember the maxim “when in doubt look for a lurker you should get enough checkers to fill the lights
Here we go…
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Enigmatic Variations 1660
Border Dispute by Arcadia
Hints and tips by The Numpties
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Arcadia has not set an EV before but we have solved his Inquisitor, Magpie, and Listener crosswords previously. It seems that this will be his sixth thematic cryptic.
Preamble: Three unclued entries comprise two contributors in contention as to which takes precedence over each other and a third in a BORDER DISPUTE.… Continue reading
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3282 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg – the last week of Summer has begun, not long before this little lady, and others, fly South for the Winter!
For me, and I stress for me, as he was last Sunday, Dada reasonably friendly – two long ‘uns, two shorter long ‘uns, five anagrams (four partials), two lurkers, and no homophones all in an asymmetric 28 clues; with 15 hints, ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading
