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”
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Elgar is John Henderson, who is also known as Enigmatist, Nimrod and Io, and has visited the blog as John H
Toughie 3024
Hints and tips by Dutch
Toughie No 3024 by Elgar
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
Not the easiest of puzzles … Continue reading “Toughie 3024”
Toughie 3016
Toughie No 3016 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Dutch
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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”
Toughie 3008
Toughie No 3008 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Dutch
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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 2999
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
Toughie 2992
Toughie No 2992 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Dutch
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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
Toughie 2984
Toughie No 2984 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Dutch
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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
Toughie 2976
Toughie No 2976 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Dutch
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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
Toughie 2968
Toughie No 2968 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Dutch
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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.
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Toughie 2960
Toughie No 2960 by Elgar
Hints and tips by Dutch
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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