Category: Zandio (Sunday)

Sunday Toughie No 71

by Zandio

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

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 A not too toughie today, if you liked Zandio’s offering on Friday I commend this puzzle to the house.
I have hinted half of 14a and 14d clues but as ever some tricky ones remain unhinted and only partially parsed. To be a bit petty, I think I need a trichologist to attend to my frizzy locks caused by 8d today (Correction I have just seen the Cockney rhyming slang required) not obvious to this northerner.

A drink or two for the boozers and a snack for the 20d, I hope you find enough checkers to fill in the 11a’s lights

 

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Sunday Toughie No 68

by Zandio

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

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 Zandio has given us a Floughie (ish) Toughie today that seems comparable to his recent backpagers. A nice even 14a and 14d clues of which I have hinted half. A couple of bonus pics may help with some of the gaps but remember to look out for anagrams and lurkers. The football team nearly defeated me but it is not a specific team but rather the number of players you seek.

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Sunday Toughie No 64

by Zandio

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

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 Zandio gets the toughieness level spot on for me. It is hard to choose between the four long clues so I won’t, but I will pick 27a as my favourite today.
If I haven’t clued anything you need help with please ask, as Big Dave says up there ^ we are all about “putting the words to lights”

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Sunday Toughie No 60

by Zandio

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

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Zandio gets to set the 60th Sunday Toughie today, I hope that it doesn’t keep me up all night as by the time you get to read this I will be out to Mother’s Day Lunch with Mama Bee (it didn’t- crossword solved before 01:00 7 hrs beauty sleep and hints done before 10:00). I hope that the brevity of hints is sufficient to get you close to the end and that you can help each other with any unhinted gaps without triggering the red pencil of doom from the powers that be.
A couple of parsings elude me (19d and the second word of 3d  see bonus pic for the pad in question)
14a and 14d today and I have hinted half 

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Sunday Toughie No 57 by Zandio

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

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A Heinz 57 variety of a puzzle today, 14 acrosses and 16 downs with plenty of anagrams and lurkers in both directions.

France in particular gets a lot of mentions as well as a couple of other Europeans as well as South America and a nod to our New Zealanders.

I have hinted half but if you need any extra help ask away, I may be away entertaining Mama Bee but I am sure one of our happy band of solvers will help with a nudge.

Here we go…

 

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