Sunday Toughie No 189 by Light
Review by Sloop John Bee
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Sunday Toughie 189 (Hints)
Sunday Toughie No 189
by Light
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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Although I had a full grid in relatively quick time, parsing some took a bit of kip to allow them to dawn on me. A couple of football references and to one who wrote about that particular football club. A couple of references to orthodontics too. 25a was probably my favourite but much sniggering was had when revising the poet in 12a.
Now, which ones do I hint, “Ay, there’s the rub”? I have probably been a bit overgenerous in hints so I hope there are enough to give you the checkers to finish today.
Here we go, Folks…
Toughie 189
Toughie No 189 by Campbell
A Delight for the Polymath
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
Having completed this puzzle, I felt that it had taken me longer than it should have done. It’s a good solid Toughie with a couple of new words (to me, at least) thrown in, and enough classical, literary, floral and geographical references to delight any polymath. There is an error in the version on Clued Up which has the wrong length for 9d.
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