Sunday Toughie No 243 by Beam
Full Review by Gazza
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This puzzle was published on 20/09/26
A fairly gentle Toughie from Beam this week.
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Sunday Toughie 243 (Hints)
Sunday Toughie No 243
by Beam
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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An almost floughie toughie from Beam, with all the trademarks: single-word answers, no anagrams, queens and sweethearts, and an initialism. Because of his no-anagrams rule, we have rather a lot of double and even a quadruple definition. I hope you find the checkers to finish and will try and give a nudge if needed
Here we go, Folks…
Toughie 243
Toughie No 243 by Kcit
Balance and elegance
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
A small handful of slightly clumsy surface readings do little to spoil this masterpiece of cryptic clueing technique and clever misdirection. The NE corner was the last section filled as I had to work out 10a from wordplay, and I needed that to get the – eventually very obvious – answers at 5d and 7d.
This is cryptic crossword writing at its best; challenging and imaginative, with plenty of very satisfying penny-drop moments, and a perfect balance of easy and harder clues. Thank you setter!