December 22, 2024 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Sunday Toughie 152 (Hints)

Sunday Toughie No 152


by Zandio

 

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

 

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My last blog before Santa Clause Comes to Town It isn’t terribly Christmassy so I will decorate the blog with a few Christmassy bits and pieces.

We have 14a and 14d clues and I have tried to limit hints to half, but a few bonus hints may pop up here and there

Slàinte - (Last years UIsge Beatha) this Year I will mainly be drinking a Torabhaig or Filey Bay
This Year it is Torabhaig or Filey Bay Uisge Beatha, that will be gracing my quaich

Here we go…

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EV 1674 (Hints)

Enigmatic Variations 1674 (Hints)

Bang! by Chiffchaff

Hints and tips by Phibs

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Firstly, I would like to wish all EV solvers a very happy Christmas. ‘Tis the season when the sort of ‘jokes’ that I tell all year round are briefly back in fashion (of a sort). Oh yes, I know that Good King Wenceslas likes his pizzas deep pan, crisp and even; that snowmen go to the greengrocer’s to pick their noses; and that when Santa tried to sell Dancer and Prancer on eBay there were no takers because they were two deer…

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ST 3296 (Hints)

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3296 (Hints)

Hints and tips by Senf

A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where we are on something of a temperature roller coaster; minus 20s in the week just completed, forecast to ‘warm up’ to minus 1 by ‘the day’ on Wednesday, and cooling down again for the start of 2025 with, of course, occasional sprinklings of the fluffy white stuff.… Continue reading