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Sunday Toughie 224 (Hints)

Sunday Toughie No 224

by Beam

 

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

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All the Beam trademarks and a little of the difficulty today. In the unlikely event of needing a hint, I have provided hints for eight of the fourteen across clues and seven of the sixteen down clues.

A sudden opportunity to have solar panels installed means a busy week in the Beehive. I will try to give an extra nudge or two in between trips to the skips and or coffee shop.

A selection of pics and music included may or may not be bonus hints

 

Here we go, Folks…

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EV 1746 (Hints)

Enigmatic Variations 1746 (Hints)

In Part by Miles

Hints and tips by Phibs

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I was at school with Tony Miles, who went on to become the first UK-born over-the-board chess grandmaster, in the process winning the £5,000 prize put up by Jim Slater.

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ST 3368 (Hints)

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3368 (Hints)

Hints and tips by Senf

A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where today is a Hallmark Holiday, which originated to the South of us, to honour Mothers.

For me, and I stress for me,©  unless I was having a very bad day, Dada still very quirky – seven anagrams (three partials), no lurkers, and no homophones, all in a symmetric 28 clues; with 14 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid you should/might be able to get some of the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. I hope you have your Crimson Tomes at hand!

Remember that Reading the Hints before commenting can be beneficial!

If it is some time since you read, or if you have never read the instructions in RED below the hints then please consider doing so before commenting today as my electronic blue pencil is at the ready and the Naughty Step is OPEN!

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