The surname of a famous Swiss folk-hero contained by (wearing) an Indian (female) garment with the last letter removed (short).ġ6a Rise in order to score - and hit the mark? (4,2,2,7)Ī double definition (I think?) – the second might refer to achieving a required standard of performance.ġ9a Fluttering down first, cold particles piled up (9)Īn anagram (fluttering) of down first, what cold particles may be combined to become.Ī shade of a colour that may be used as equivalent to sinful (particularly when describing a female).Ī double definition – the first is in reference to business transactions.Ī double definition – the first is the abbreviated name of a (ceremonial) county North of London.
Perhaps a little lateral thinking is required – written (1-4), the single letter that can indicate on-line and a type of gag.ġ1a Great Swiss hero wearing short Indian garment (7)
#PARTICLES SYNONYM FULL#
Another useful page is Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing, which features words with meanings that are not always immediately obvious.Ī full review of this puzzle will be published after the closing date for submissions. Where the hint describes a construct as “usual” this means that more help can be found in The Usual Suspects, which gives a number of the elements commonly used in the wordplay.
Most of the terms used in these hints are explained in the Glossary and examples are available by clicking on the entry under “See also”. Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3169 (Hints) Hints and tips by SenfĪ very good Sunday morning from Winnipeg where, by comparison to UK standards, we are having a ‘very-warm-wave’ with temperatures in the middle/high 20s and low 30s but then of course there is the somewhat mythical heat index adding an unmeasurable amount of degrees to what can be measured.įor me, Dada quirky and he gives us only one long ‘un this week but it is a good non-anagram, nine eight, yes nine eight, anagrams (three partials), one lurker, and no homophones – all in a somewhat asymmetric 29 clues with 14 hints ‘sprinkled’ throughout the grid you should be able to get the checkers to enable the solving of the unhinted clues.Ĭandidates for favourite – 16a, 25a, 8d, and 13d.Īs is usual for the weekend prize crosswords, a number of the more difficult clues have been selected and hints provided for them.ĭon’t forget to follow BD’s instructions in RED at the bottom of the hints!
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