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Toughie 3031

Toughie No 3031 by Silvanus
Hints and tips by Gazza

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ****

Silvanus is not too tricky today but the enjoyment factor is as high as ever. I had problems in keeping my ‘likes’ down to a manageable level. Thanks to him.Continue reading

ST 3031

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3031

A full review by crypticsue

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This puzzle was published on 24th November 2019

BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

A bit more to smile at this time with a nice mix of clues, even though I did note that once again quite a few of them are ‘container and contents’ clues

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ST 3031 (Hints)

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3031 (Hints)

Hints and tips by Senf

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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where Winter is beginning to take a firmer grip with more of the fluffy white stuff form of precipitation.

For me, Dada beyond quirky this week, it was almost like turning the clock back 12 months – I counted only two anagrams (one of then partial), one lurker, and two homophones – with a symmetric 32 clues and 18 hints I hope you will be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues.… Continue reading