Day: 6 December 2025

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31103 (Hints)

The Saturday Crossword Club

(hosted by Cryptic-Sloop John Bee)

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Sloop here again, I thought I might have had to go down on bended knee to be here again, but I guess that Sue’s is still a bit sensitive to knee comments.

Five linked solutions that are anagrams or partial anagrams have curtailed my hinting of 14a and 16d clues today, but I hope you find enough checkers to fill the lights.

I’m providing hints for what I consider to be some of the harder clues. If you’re really stuck on one of the clues I haven’t hinted I may provide a bit more help. However, I have to take Mama Bee out Christmas shopping/coffee drinking, so beware of the naughty step, as no cake is available.

Please check out Rahmat Ali’s review on Friday; they are always informative and worth a read. They will explain this clever puzzle much more than I can in the hints.
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