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Toughie 3259

Toughie No 3259 by Django
Hints and tips by Gazza

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ****

Thanks to Django for a very enjoyable puzzle. The only real difficulty I had was with 9a where I needed all the checking letters in place before I could work out where the other letters went.

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ST 3259 (Hints)

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3259 (Hints)

Hints and tips by Senf

A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, with rising temperatures and some trepidation, I have put my heavy winter coat into the back of the wardrobe for six months or so.

For me, and I stress for me, quite a challenge from Dada today – six  anagrams (one partial), two lurkers, and no homophones, all in a symmetric 26 clues; with 13 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading