October 6, 2024 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Sunday Toughie 141 (Hints)

Sunday Toughie No 141


by Zandio

 

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

 

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I managed to get hold of this at about 11:20 last night and had it largely filled in by Midnight, some not-too-tricky parsing and a bit of formatting and I was off to the land of nod fairly early on.

We have 14a and 14d clues today and I have hinted half, A couple of lurkers and anagrams both whole and partial should fill most of the gaps but I will try and give a bonus hint for clues that didn’t make the cut

Here we go…

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EV 1663 (Hints)

Enigmatic Variations 1663 (Hints)

The Right Fit by Piccadilly

Hints and tips by Phibs

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I thought I’d throw ChatGPT a bit of a curveball, so I asked, “What might a sentence described as ‘apt’ that is concealed in a crossword puzzle entitled ‘The Right Fit’ be?”

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ST 3285 (Hints)

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3285 (Hints)

Hints and tips by Senf

A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg, where Autumn has taken full control and words like fr*st and sn*w are already ‘creeping’ into weather forecasts.

For me, and I stress for me, Dada about as friendly as he has ever been – seven anagrams (two partials), no lurkers, and one homophone all in a value for money symmetric 32 clues; with 16 hints, ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading