Toughie No 3176 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
The device alluded to in 1d makes the solve quite a bit easier as well as fun
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Toughie No 3171 by Kcit
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Thanks to Kcit for today’s puzzle which I didn’t find overly tough except for 25a.
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Toughie No 3174 by Stick Insect
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
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Toughie No 3173 by Dada
Hints and tips by StephenL
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
Hello from a very mild and bright South Devon coast.
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Toughie No 3172 by proXimal
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment *****
Nice to see proXimal on a Friday. I enjoyed this puzzle. Some easy entries and some trickier clues
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Toughie No 3171 by Django
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Very enjoyable puzzle with a good mixture of clues, including a couple that required a bit of head-scratching to parse. Thanks to Django.
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Toughie No 3170 by Robyn
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
A most enjoyable Wednesday Toughie from one of my favourite setters; always a good start when the first clue makes you smile!
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Toughie No 3169 by Chalicea
Hints and tips by StephenL
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Hello everyone from, at the time of writing, a mild and sunny South Devon coast. The prolific Chalicea gets us in the groove this week with a puzzle that despite a couple dated references and clunky surface reads I enjoyed solving.
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Toughie No 3168 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
Some tricky stuff but very satisfying
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Toughie No 3167 by Beam
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Time after time our setter, either as Beam or in his back-page persona, gives us enjoyable puzzles with very succinct clues. Thanks to him.
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