Toughie No 3032 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
Joy, we have a 7-word Nina today. 5* time but steady progress. Enjoy. Continue reading “Toughie 3032”
Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Elgar is John Henderson, who is also known as Enigmatist, Nimrod and Io, and has visited the blog as John H
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
Joy, we have a 7-word Nina today. 5* time but steady progress. Enjoy. Continue reading “Toughie 3032”
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
Not the easiest of puzzles … Continue reading “Toughie 3024”
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
A pleasing symmetry of enumeration around the grid, including the (4,4) pairs and the (5,5,5,5) square. Continue reading “Toughie 3016”
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
Elgar back to full-on toughie style. I was left with about 5 unsolved well after 5* time, when I eventually saw 23a and 5d, giving me the rest.… Continue reading
Toughie No 2999 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
Elgar makes a rare sortie outside his usual Friday beat to accommodate what we’re promised will be a special puzzle tomorrow to celebrate Toughie number 3,000. This is no walk in the park but I did slowly and surely get to the end and very enjoyable the journey was.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
Ah – I just realised when publishing this that it’s Friday 13th – oh, the perks of blogging! We have another display of inventive and precise clueing by Elgar.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ****/***** – Enjoyment *****
This enjoyable puzzle from Elgar will keep you on your toes for a bit during the festive season and has a few simpler clues to get you going.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
A fun puzzle with a (2,5,2,2’1,4) Nina that relates to 8 & 13d. Enjoy. The Nina helped me in SW. Took me a while – I got stuck after about 7 entries, then the delightful 22d got me started again.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
A nice steady solve, though back to 5* time for me. Please leave a comment telling us what you thought.
Continue reading “Toughie 2968”
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment *****
To my surprise I had a full grid in 2* time, which is definitely a first for me with an Elgar. However, it then took me quite a bit more time to parse 24a properly!… Continue reading