Category: proXimal (Sunday)

Sunday Toughie No 239

by proXimal

 

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

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A delightful puzzle from proXimal, that I didn’t find too tricky last night. As usual, he starts with a Spoonerism and follows up with the first compound anagram. 

The grid means we have a slightly unbalanced 14a and 16d clues and my half of the hints are equally unbalanced (6a and 9d)

I hope you find the checkers to cross the line, but will try and nudge you in the right direction if asked.

 

Here we go, Folks…

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Sunday Toughie No 232

by proXimal

 

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

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Many thanks to Mr-K for getting us up and running again. When I finally got to see the puzzle, I was pleasantly surprised but mentally challenged by proXimal.

I see from Phibs’ post that the other SJB (proXimal) has passed over editorship of the EV to Elgar. I hope that will give him plenty of opportunities to post more back-pagers like 31252 or Sunday Toughies like this.

All the trademarks are present – start with a Spoonerism and a couple of compound anagrams, but only one X today.

We have 14a and 14d clues today and I have hinted half. I hope you find the checkers to reach the end, but I will try to give a nudge if asked.

 

Here we go, Folks…

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Sunday Toughie No 225

by proXimal

 

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

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Chaotic in the Beehive this weekend, but solar panels are now installed and just the scaffolding to be removed. I struggled to parse 11a and may have missed something in my Ham and 22a Stottie Cake, but it is time to go out for coffee with the Queen Bee.

I have hinted half of 14a and 14d clues but will try and give a nudge if required.

 

Here we go, Folks…

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Sunday Toughie No 220

by proXimal

 

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

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proXimal is here again with all his Sunday Toughie trademarks. I found this much easier than his last offering, but mainly because the Spoonerism leapt out of my mind within seconds of seeing the crossword at 23:32 last night.

We have 14a and 14d clues today, and I have hinted at half. I hope you find the checkers to get across the line. I will try and give a bonus nudge or two if you ask, but I don’t think this was as difficult as some from proXimal.

 

Here we go, Folks…

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Sunday Toughie No 214

by proXimal

 

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

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proXimal is here again with all his Sunday Toughie trademarks. Tougher than usual I think, but not helped by my failure to find 27a in any dictionary! There appears to be a surplus I and the only source I can find suggests it is a common misspelling. Tomdisappointingsturges 65 will be very disappointed indeed if we allow misspellings to become commonplace.

We have 14a and 16d clues today and I have hinted half. I hope you find the checkers to get across the line.

 

Here we go, Folks…

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