Toughie No 3390 by Robyn
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****
DT 30794
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30794
Hints and tips by Senf
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Â – Enjoyment ****
A very good Wednesday morning from Winnipeg where we will have a White Christmas as with approaching 30cms of snow on the ground, and probably more to come, we more than meet the criteria of at least 2cms of snow on the ground on Christmas Day.… Continue reading
Sunday Toughie 149 (Review)
Sunday Toughie No 149 by proXimal
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 1st of December 2024
ST 3293 (full review)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3293
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 1st December 2024
BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. A tough though entertaining puzzle from Dada this Sunday that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a full review of his puzzle for your kind perusal and significant feedback.
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Toughie 3389
Toughie No 3389 by Dada
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***/****
Very Tuesday-appropriate, I felt. A little trickery, of course, but nothing too spooky.… Continue reading
DT 30793
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30793
Hints and tips by Huntsman
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BD Rating – Difficulty */**  Enjoyment ***
Another fairly gentle puzzle to ease us into the new week. As ever with an AP production it was well clued throughout & with some nice touches of humour.
The wind has died down & at least it’s not raining here in Harpenden but still pretty miserable. A day for coats and woolly hats if venturing out. Alternatively stay warm & have a bash at Dada’s  puzzle in the Toughie slot.
In the following hints, definitions are underlined, indicators are mostly in parentheses, and answers are revealed by clicking where shown as usual. Please leave a comment below on how you got on with the puzzle.
DT 30792
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30792
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Ottawa, where winter has finally made an appearance. We have had a couple of fairly significant snowfalls recently and the ground is blanketed in white. However, it may not stick around for long as rain is forecast this coming week.
I encountered several old friends among the clues in Robyn’s puzzle today. This was welcome as I am likely not at my sharpest after spending a couple of hours clearing snow earlier in the day and working in my volunteer position at the hockey game this afternoon.
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Rookie Corner 556
Sunday Toughie 150 (Hints)
Sunday Toughie No 150
by Beam
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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Well that was a surprise! Beam has shone over my Saturday night/Sunday morning. Once I got over the surprise it went smoothly. All the usual 20d’s are there (Average 5.3 words per clue, sweetheart and a queen) I am sure there are other Beam trademarks but my experience of Beam is somewhat limited as his toughies usually fall on my busy work days
14a and 16d clues and I have hinted just under half – a bonus nudge may be available if you are still stuck
Here we go, Folks…
EV 1672 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1672 (Hints)
Loved Ones by Ranunculus
Hints and tips by Phibs
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Growing up as an only child, I often had to adapt pastimes to suit my situation, whether that meant throwing balls at the wall of our house so I could catch them when they bounced back, taking myself on at chess, captaining both the England and Rest of the World cricket teams (brilliantly) in a game of Owzthat, or writing pieces of prose containing deliberate errors so that I could correct them in red pen (I probably shouldn’t have admitted that…)