Category: Robyn (Sunday)

Sunday Toughie No 125

by Robyn

 

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

 

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Robyn brings us one of his thematically linked puzzles today, solving 27a is the key to this and once I had decided if the Fed’s were singular or plural the rest flowed smoothly (as the top actor is singular and 4d refers to another singular Frenchman I went with that) but as we no longer get confirmation of correct submissions from the new site I can’t be 100% sure that I am right. The recent Zandio SEATS/SEAMS debate would suggest that the data miners (DanWord and Wordplays) are not invincible so I am going with my gut

14a and 14d clues today and I have hinted half, if any clues you are struggling with are not included I will try and nudge you in the right direction

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Sunday Toughie No 122

by Robyn

 

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

 

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A Robyn that I found slightly easier than the last one although anything I gained from starting this at 11.26 was lost in formatting the clues into this blog.
16a and 14d clues today and I have hinted half

Rushing to get this scheduled as my laptop has just had an alarming crash with blue screen of death, I will endeavour to answer any queries to unhinted clues via my phone

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Sunday Toughie No 119

by Robyn

 

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

 

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Phew That was a proper Toughie. Fortunately, the delay in getting the new site to upload didn’t happen and I managed to start this shortly after midnight. I managed to fill the grid by about 01:30 and after a first stab at parsing I slipped off to the land of nod just before an antipodean email sympathised with my plight (thanks to the 2K’s I hope to hear your views when you wake)
The new site no longer confirms a correct gridfill so I may have answers different to yours, I cannot hint as many as I would like so If you disagree with any of my hints or want to discuss alternative answers I will be lenient with the red pencil of doom today
The change of website and the difficulty level appear to be an attempt to reduce the number of correct entries, so maybe the Mythical™^{(Steve Cowling)} is a little more likely
Quite a lot of Greeks today of varying levels of obscurity and after a conversation with my wine merchant on Friday I recall that today is Greek Orthodox Easter (Thanks Christos) Maybe Robyn is also celebrating Easter by the Julian Calendar

We have 14a and 14d clues today and I will try to keep the hints down to half

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Sunday Toughie No 117

by Robyn

 

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

 

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Robyn is at the slightly easier end of his spectrum today, and I am thankful for that as I have been preparing another post that you will want to see, watch this space…

A quite unbalanced 13 across clues and 16 down clues today, and I have hinted just under half. I hope you get the checkers to solve the rest of this puzzle, but I have a bit of leeway to give a bonus hint if required

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Sunday Toughie No 114

by Robyn

 

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

 

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I was hoping that Robyn would give us a slightly easier ride for Easter Sunday when the clocks go forward, but I found this “fully” up to Sunday Toughie difficulty

A couple of old coins and an Easter clue were podium contenders but I will pick the animal feeds in 12d and 27a What were your favourites?

We have a slightly uneven 15a and 16d clues and I have hinted just under half so A bonus hint is available for the first to ask

 

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