Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3283
A full review by crypticsue
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This puzzle was published on 22nd September 2024
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
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ST 3283 (Hints)
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3283 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg – Autumn has begun but not before we had some late Summer Prairie Thunderstorms with a Tornado here and there!
For me, and I stress for me, Dada somewhat Jekyll and Hyde, off to a flying start and then I came to an almost dead stop – four long ‘uns, three anagrams (two partials), two lurkers, and no homophones all in an symmetric 28 clues; with 14 hints, ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues. … Continue reading
Toughie 3283
Toughie No 3283 by Firefly
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I wasn’t all that taken with this puzzle to start with because of all the cross-references but it grew on me as I finished it and wrote the blog. It has a theme (a show that I’ve always managed to avoid but it is sufficiently well known that the related clues shouldn’t provide too many problems).
Thanks to Firefly.
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