Toughie No 3565 by Donnybrook
Hints and tips by Whybird
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Welcome to the Toughie week. Autumn is well underway on the Wirral, and the redwings are pouring in (or over/through).
Donnybrook has given us a fairly gentle and enjoyable start to this week’s proceedings. Despite my terror at seeing linked clues, these were on the mild side and provided a good way in, helped by twigging 1a straightaway. Spotting a couple of “high score” Scrabble letters had me wondering about pangrams, but I can’t see anything unusual on that front.
6d is a clear winner for me today, although the answer to 2d is a top word! Thanks to Donnybrook for easing us in nicely.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31057
Hints and tips by Huntsman
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BD Rating – Difficulty * Enjoyment ***
A pretty miserable looking start to the day here in Harpenden so can’t muster up any enthusiasm for golf this afternoon.
Today’s offering from our regular Tuesday compiler is, in my view, pretty much on a par with yesterday’s puzzle in terms of difficulty. As ever concisely clued & entertaining with perhaps slightly more straightforward wordplay than can sometimes be the case with Anthony Plumb puzzles. I don’t anticipate many will require any help from the (hopefully correct) hints below but they’re there with the usual assortment of tunes.
In the hints below the definition element of each clue has been underlined, anagrams are CAPITALISED & the crossword technique “indicator words” are in brackets. The answers are concealed under the Click Here buttons. Please leave a comment below telling us what you thought & how you got on with the puzzle.
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