Toughie No 3035 by Firefly
Hints and tips by Twmbarlwm
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Good afternoon. I’m in Gazza’s Thursday chair for one week only, and what a superb puzzle this was for my first Toughie blog: beautifully composed with a wide variety of devices and deceptions, and some clever thematic clues relating to the opening solution. The difficulty rating might be a little lower for anyone who got the gateway solution quicker than I did!
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3035
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 22nd December 2019
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
An extremely straightforward Sunday puzzle, perfect for me to solve and draft the review before the taxi came to take us to the airport to travel to Northern Ireland for Christmas with the family.… Continue reading
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3035 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where we are forecast to have tee-shirt and shorts weather this afternoon with a temperature of plus 4 degrees.
Today, Dada is back to quirky with a sprinkling of seasonal clues – I counted five anagrams (including partials), two lurkers (one reversed), and one homophone – all in an almost symmetric 30 clues, with 17 hints you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues.… Continue reading