A Puzzle by Dabrite
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Sunday Toughie 205 (Hints)
Sunday Toughie No 205
by Beam
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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Not the trickiest Beam today, with a generous 16a and 16d clues today, and I have hinted half. I hope you find the checkers to finish. I will try and give an extra nudge if you are struggling.
Cold cuts and the cheeseboard for lunch today. I hope you are not snowed under by leftovers.
Here we go, Folks…
EV 1727 (Hints)
Enigmatic Variations 1727 (Hints)
Complete by Stick Insect
Hints and tips by Gabriel
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Having consulted our friend Gemini I was offered several candidate sets to consider: days of the week / months of the year, the seven dwarfs or seven deadly sins, noble gases or chemical elements, musical notes (do, re, mi…), planets in the solar system, greek alphabet letters.… Continue reading
ST 3349 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3349 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg for my last Sunday blog of the year.
For me, and I stress for me,© Dada not as friendly as he has been recently apparently ignoring the fact that we are in the season of goodwill etc, with, unless I miscounted, six anagrams (two partials), no lurkers, and no homophones in a symmetric 32 clues; with 16 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid you should/might be able to get some of the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. I hope you have your Crimson Tomes at hand!
If it is some time since you read, or if you have never read the instructions in RED below the hints then please consider doing so before commenting today as my electronic blue pencil is at the ready and the Naughty Step is OPEN!
NTSPP 829
DT 31121 (Hints)
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31121 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by crypticsue)
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Toughie 3608
Toughie No 3608 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
I hope all our readers had an enjoyable day yesterday and are now enjoying their cold turkey.… Continue reading
DT 31120
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31120
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty *** - Enjoyment ***
Hello, everyone, and welcome to the final Friday puzzle of 2025. I struggled to get on wavelength today, likely the result of trying to hint alter an indulgent Christmas Day. Continue reading "DT 31120"
Toughie 3607
Toughie No 3607 by Django
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Toughie difficulty * – Enjoyment *****
A zinger from Django today – a real treat. I must thank the Telegraph’s top brass and one of our very own top brass – Gazza – for gifting me a copy to blog in advance. It has – just about – kept me out of the doghouse. I did make the mistake of giving a woman (i.e. my mother-in-law) summat with a plug on – a sin that my urbane godfather told me years ago never to commit. In my defence, I remain convinced she’ll learn to love it! Merry Christmas everyone.
