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ST 3313 (full review)

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3313

A full review by Rahmat Ali

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This puzzle was published on 20th April 2025

BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ****

Greetings from Kolkata. A nice, straightforward puzzle from Dada this Sunday that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a full review of his puzzle for your kind perusal and valuable feedback.
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ST 3313 (Hints)

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3313 (Hints)

Hints and tips by Senf

A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where we are four weeks into an election campaign which feels more like four months!  One week to go.

For me, and I stress for me, at times during the solve I was not sure that this is a Dada production at all but I concluded that it is – two long ‘uns, six anagrams (no partials), one lurker, and no homophones all in a slightly asymmetric 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.  And, remember, my electronic blue pencil is at the ready and the Naughty Step is OPEN!

Candidates for favourite – 20a, 25a, 6d, and 21d.

As is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, a number of the more difficult clues have been selected and hints provided for them.

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