Sunday Toughie No 232 by proXimal
Review by
Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 5th July 2026
Category: Crosswords
Hints and tips for completing Daily Telegraph Cryptic crosswords
ST 3376 (Full Review)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3376
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 5th July 2026
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. Dada has given us an enjoyable solve this Sunday and now I present to you a full review of his puzzle. Hope to have your valuable feedback and comments. Continue reading “ST 3376 (Full Review)”
Toughie 3721
Toughie No 3721 by Dada
Hints and tips by Whybird
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment *****
Welcome to the Toughie Week.
Dada has given us a cracker to get things started: lots of inventive and misleading clues with smooth surfaces. Perfect for a Tuesday I think – plenty that needs the old cogs to be given a spin or two, but nothing that didn’t yield to a little bit of lateral thinking, and a few “gimmes” to get the ball rolling. 4d, 10d, 23a, 26d and 28a all get big ticks from me today, but it almost would have been easier just to refer to the list below; there are so many good ‘uns. 26d gets top spot for the combination of conciseness, surface and misdirection. Thanks, Dada, for an absolute delight.
Please let us know how you fared and what you thought of the puzzle.
DT 31291
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31291
Hints and tips by Huntsman
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BD Rating – Difficulty * Enjoyment ****
A dull overcast start to the day & comparatively chilly outside with the welcome benefit that the temperature in my flat has now fallen to a tolerable 25C.
I thought today’s Anthony Plumb production was a fair bit easier than yesterday’s offering. As ever nicely clued throughout & with some neat surfaces. I enjoyed it much more than last week’s puzzle so I’ll be interested to see what others make of it.
Our regular Sunday prize puzzle setter is on duty over in t’other place & Tuesday Toughies are invariably very accessible so well worth dipping your toes into slightly deeper waters. Whybird is on hand to chuck in a rubber ring if you get into any difficulty.
As usual there is a selection of music to enjoy or ignore.
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.
DT 31290
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31290
Hints and tips by Smylers
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BD Rating – Difficulty ★ – Enjoyment ★★★
Hello. Welcome to Monday’s Telegraph Crossword, with hints and explanations below. Sorry, I’m running late today, so I’ll add some illustrations at lunchtime.
Before my next turn on the blogging rota we have this site’s Mid-Year Bash in Birmingham, and we’re all invited. (If you’re reading this, that includes you!) Hope to see some of you there.
Rookie Corner
Sunday Toughie 233 (Hints)
Sunday Toughie No 233
by Zandio
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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A cracking puzzle from Zandio, I solved this with less stress than watching the England game last night, although 3d and 13a took a bit of pondering.
My stress levels have soared as the installation of new broadband is not going smoothly…
I hope you find the checkers to finish, and I will try to give a nudge if required.
Here We Go…
EV 1755 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1755 (Hints)
Advertising Ploy By The Moonlighters
Hints and tips by Gabriel / Jpeg
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This puzzle is from setter(s?) we have never encountered before and the advertising ploy being referenced leaves us with some questions.… Continue reading
ST 3377 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3377 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, like most of the UK (or is it only England?), we are extremely hot and humid but only for three days with the ‘feels like’ somewhere in the high-40s/low 50s. Then, on Tuesday, we are forecast to return to pleasantly warm and humid with the ‘feels like’ in the low 30s.
Then yesterday, there was the ‘oddity’ of watching the England oval ballers playing an ‘away’ game (yes, I do know why) in Everton FC’s magnificent new stadium. But, I suppose ‘going North’ to play in Liverpool counts as an away game for the 15-a-side national team!
For me, and I stress for me,© Dada quirkily friendly with perhaps some lateral thinking required with one long ‘un, six anagrams (one partial), one lurker, and no homophones, all in a very asymmetric 31 clues; with 15 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!
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