Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30815 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by crypticsue)
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Category: Prize Crossword Hints
Sunday Toughie 153 (Hints)
Sunday Toughie No 153
by Robyn
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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Ooh a Robyn – he was given a Sunday off (for good behaviour perhaps) but after a Beamish interlude he is back with a delightful Sunday Toughie
We have 16a and 14d clues and I have hinted half. I am sure some tricky ones remain unhinted so I will try and provide an extra nudge if you get stuck
Here we go…
EV 1675 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1675 (Hints)
Self-Similarity by Luxor
Hints and tips by Phibs
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Hexagonal grids are far from unknown in the world of the themed puzzle, and they are more common now that there is software out there to create and fill them, but I can’t find any record of a hexagonal EV having appeared previously, at least not in recent years.
ST 3297 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3297 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg for the last Sunday Puzzle of the year!
A quick reflection on 4d in DT 30806 – Magazine published after interval (4,3).… Continue reading
DT 30809 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30809 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by crypticsue)
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Sunday Toughie 152 (Hints)
Sunday Toughie No 152
by Zandio
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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My last blog before Santa Clause Comes to Town It isn’t terribly Christmassy so I will decorate the blog with a few Christmassy bits and pieces.
We have 14a and 14d clues and I have tried to limit hints to half, but a few bonus hints may pop up here and there
Here we go…
EV 1674 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1674 (Hints)
Bang! by Chiffchaff
Hints and tips by Phibs
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Firstly, I would like to wish all EV solvers a very happy Christmas. ‘Tis the season when the sort of ‘jokes’ that I tell all year round are briefly back in fashion (of a sort). Oh yes, I know that Good King Wenceslas likes his pizzas deep pan, crisp and even; that snowmen go to the greengrocer’s to pick their noses; and that when Santa tried to sell Dancer and Prancer on eBay there were no takers because they were two deer…
ST 3296 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3296 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where we are on something of a temperature roller coaster; minus 20s in the week just completed, forecast to ‘warm up’ to minus 1 by ‘the day’ on Wednesday, and cooling down again for the start of 2025 with, of course, occasional sprinklings of the fluffy white stuff.… Continue reading
DT 30803 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 308037 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by crypticsue)
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As this is my last on-the-day blog post before Christmas Day’s Toughie, I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas
Sunday Toughie 151 (Hints)
Sunday Toughie No 151
by proXimal
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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Problems printing last night have delayed this a bit but I liked the trademark proXimalisms and the Star Trek references.
We have 14a and 14d clues and I have hinted half and a few bonus pics. I hope you find the checkers to get over the line
Got to go and keep the shopaholic Mama Bee happy but I will be back by the time this is published.
Here we go, Folks…