Sunday Toughie No 70 by Robyn
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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I started well last night but got a bit bogged down in the end, the very clever 11d lightened my mood. I have hinted half of an uneven 16a 14d clues but as usual some still tricky clues have hit the cutting room floor.
With 20d I may be missing something that no amount of Laphroaig (here finished in strong white 19d casks) last night or coffee this morning can entirely explain, I have the little Spanish girl and the Spanish word for is, but I cannot see the indicator that allows me to reverse her?
Thanks to Robyn for a fairly floughie toughie, with all the clues linked to 11d is that a theme?
And finally a get well soon to Robert, The blog and I have missed your erudite comments
Here we go…
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3214 (Hints)
Hints and tips by Senf
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A very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where we are warming up with temperatures in the high 20s and low 30s but with strong winds with gusts between 40 and 50 km/hr.
For me, etc, Dada not so ‘friendly’ again this week – although he gives a generous seven anagrams (one partial), three lurkers, and no homophones, and some knowledge of German or 1980s British TV comedy-dramas required, all in a slightly asymmetric 30 clues; with 15 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid, you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30311 (Hints)
The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by crypticsue)
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Toughie No 3068 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment *****
Just over 3* today. Nice puzzle. A near pangram again – I think V is missing.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30305
A full review by Rahmat Ali
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This puzzle was published on 20th May 2023
BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Kolkata. A very friendly and straightforward Saturday puzzle from X-Type that I enjoyed solving and thereafter writing a review of the same for your kind perusal and valuable feedback.… Continue reading
Toughie No 3067 by Silvanus
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
A fairly straightforward but very entertaining puzzle which I made more difficult than I should have down South by writing the 14d answer in the 15d space which gave me problems until I twigged what I’d done.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30309
Hints and tips by StephenL
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning everyone from a blue skies Torquay, where I’m feeling refreshed post an early morning sea swim.
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EV1590
Anthology by Charybdis
Solution
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Toughie No 3066 by Stick Insect
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
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