Sunday Toughie No 250
by Light
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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Twm/Light has given me a lot of musical opportunities and I have taken quite a few. I have spoilered quite a lot of them so only click if you want to see the answer.
The acrosses in the NW corner slowed me last night. I am cowed by the recoil from thinking that the seaboard status of Liverpool and a reversal of Oliver Hardy led me to think Portillo was a socialist!
I hope you find the checkers to cross the line too, but as usual I will try and give a nudge if asked.
Here we go, Folks…
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Enigmatic Variations 1772 (Hints)
Shifted by The Ace of Hearts
Hints and tips by Phibs
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The nicknames given to professional darts players encompass the trivial (‘Chizzy’ for Dave Chisnall and ‘Webby’ for Mark Webster), the distinctly unsubtle (‘Voltage’ for former electrician Rob Cross and ‘The Flying Scotsman’ for Musselburgh’s Gary Anderson, albeit something of an upgrade on his previous moniker, ‘Dreamboy’), and the plain weird (‘Darth Maple’ for Canadian John Part).
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3394 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg. Thanks to Huntsman for subbing on Thursday while I was away on an unexpected enjoyable travel event. Slightly shorter than planned otherwise you would be ‘seeing’ Cryptic Sue again today.
For me, and I stress for me,© – lateral thinking required! Three anagrams (one partial), two lurkers (not hinted, so don’t forget the ‘if all else fails look for . . .’), and no homophones, all in a symmetric 28 clues; with 14 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, all BRB verified where necessary, 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! You might even need your favourite e-search ‘assistant’!
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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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