Sunday Toughie No 188
by proXimal
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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proXimal returns with what I found quite tricky, but maybe I was distracted by the tribute to Van Morrison on the BBC last night. It finished at about 01:30 this morning, and it was a close-run thing to parse some before the end.
14a and 16d clues today, and I have hinted at half. I am not too 22a that there are quite a few clues in the SW that remain unhinted, but I hope you find the checkers to fill the grid. A bonus nudge may be available if you ask.
Here we go, Folks…
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Sunday Toughie No 186 by Zandio
Review by
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This puzzle was published on the 17th August 2025
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Sunday Toughie No 187
by Beam
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A floughier toughie from Beam today. We have a generous 16a and 16d clues today, and I have hinted at just under half of them. I have an allowance for a bonus nudge or two, but I don’t think you will need it today.
Plenty of Beam trademarks today and an impressive 5 1/4 word average.
Here we go, Folks…
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Sunday Toughie No 185 by Light
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 10th August 2025 Continue reading “Sunday Toughie 185 (Review)”
Sunday Toughie No 186
by Zandio
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Almost forgot a pre-amble, An even 14a and 14d clues and I have hinted half. I hope you find the checkers to finish.
I will provide a bonus nudge if needed, not that I expect you will. This tripped off the laptop in a rather brisk fashion.
Here We Go…
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Sunday Toughie No 184 by Beam
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 3rd of August 2025
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Sunday Toughie No 185
by Light
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As I was solving this last night the following popped up on Bluesky;
Hi John
Assuming you’re on prize Toughie duty today, the interactive puzzle (Firefox / iMac) has ‘Kova?i?’ at 7d. It should be Kovačić. Obviously, some software doesn’t like the diacritics.
It’s fine in the facsimile of the newsprint version, so hopefully fine in the actual newspaper too.
Thanks
Michael
I hope that misprint didn’t affect your enjoyment of some lovely surfaces, and once I had revised my grammar prep and musical notation, I enjoyed this a lot.
Here we go, Folks…
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Sunday Toughie No 183 by proXimal
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 27th of July 2025
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Sunday Toughie No 184
by Beam
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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After the Centenary celebrations, we are back to normal with this fine Beam toughie. All his signatures are there, toilet humour, initial letters, underwear, queens and sweethearts and an impressive five-and-a-bit words per clue.
We have a generous 16a and 16d clues, and I have hinted just less than half, allowing me to provide a nudge or two if required.
Here we go, Folks…
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Sunday Toughie No 182 by Zandio
Review by
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This puzzle was published on the 20th July 2025
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