Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3285 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg, where Autumn has taken full control and words like fr*st and sn*w are already ‘creeping’ into weather forecasts.
For me, and I stress for me, Dada about as friendly as he has ever been – seven anagrams (two partials), no lurkers, and one homophone all in a value for money symmetric 32 clues; with 16 hints, ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3284 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg, where, after a couple of Autumnal days, Summer ‘returned’ with days of sunshine and temperatures in the middle/high 20s but it looks like Autumn will ‘regain control’ starting tomorrow!
For me, and I stress for me, Dada better than last week – there was only one of him – completed at a steady pace – six anagrams (two partials), two lurkers, and no homophones all in a slightly asymmetric 30 clues; with 15 hints, ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3283 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg – Autumn has begun but not before we had some late Summer Prairie Thunderstorms with a Tornado here and there!
For me, and I stress for me, Dada somewhat Jekyll and Hyde, off to a flying start and then I came to an almost dead stop – four long ‘uns, three anagrams (two partials), two lurkers, and no homophones all in an symmetric 28 clues; with 14 hints, ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3282 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg – the last week of Summer has begun, not long before this little lady, and others, fly South for the Winter!
For me, and I stress for me, as he was last Sunday, Dada reasonably friendly – two long ‘uns, two shorter long ‘uns, five anagrams (four partials), two lurkers, and no homophones all in an asymmetric 28 clues; with 15 hints, ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3281 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where we have been alternating between late Summer and, too soon, early Autumn – shorts one day, long trousers the next!
For those of you who been enjoying reading Iona Whishaw’s tales of Lane Winslow the next, 12th, book in the series, The Cost of a Hostage, is scheduled to be published in April next year.… Continue reading
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3280 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg on this the first day of September, but it is not the first day of Autumn as some meteorologists would have us believe that is three week away!
For me, and I stress for me, down to earth with a thud after straightforward Friday and Saturday puzzles – five anagrams, one lurker, and no homophones all in a slightly asymmetric 30 clues; with 15 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3279 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, as you may have seen in my SPP Comment yesterday, on Friday, we woke up to fog!
For me, and I stress for me, unless my brain is still ‘fogged,’ Dada very quirky – two anagrams (one partial), two lurkers, and one homophone all in an asymmetric 29 clues; with 14.5 hints, plus a bonus 0.5 of a hint, ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3278 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, on Friday, during the ‘highlight of my week’ a.k.a. the trip to the supermarket, I acquired my first King Charles coins. Both are Loonies – one the ‘regular’ one with the eponymous Loon on the reverse and the other a commemorative coin marking the 150th anniversary of the birth of authoress L M Montgomery the creator of Anne of Green Gables – likenesses of both are shown on the reverse.… Continue reading
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3277 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where we had a very autumnal day on Thursday – long trousers and a pullover were required; meanwhile, from Ottawa eastwards the remnants of Hurricane Debby have been unloading copious amounts of rain.
For me, and I stress for me, Dada and I didn’t get on very well today, I am not sure why – eight anagrams (four partials), two lurkers, and one homophone all in a symmetric 32 clues; with 16 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3276 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where the weather forecast is predicting a week of cooler temperatures, all relative of course, of low to middle 20s with ‘feels likes’ not over 30.
For me, and I stress for me, Dada reasonably friendly again – four long ‘uns, eight anagrams (six partials), two lurkers (both reversed), and one homophone all in a slightly asymmetric 30 clues; with 15 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading
