Toughie No 100012 by Firefly
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Dutch seems to have gone awol today, so this was put together quickly. Continue reading “Toughie 100012”
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Toughie 2556
Toughie No 2556 by Firefly
Hints and tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty ****/***** – Enjoyment ***
A proper Toughie from Firefly Continue reading “Toughie 2556”
Toughie 2536
Toughie No 2536 by Firefly
Hints and tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
A most enjoyable themed crossword that could really only appear today. Continue reading “Toughie 2536”
Toughie 2508
Toughie No 2508 by Firefly
Hints and tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Thursday brings us Firefly with a crossword on the Toughie spectrum Continue reading “Toughie 2508”
Toughie 2492
Toughie No 2492 by Firefly
Hints and tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Firefly reverting to ‘less difficult’ mode today with quite a bit of ‘doing something with letters’ Continue reading “Toughie 2492”
Toughie 2468
Toughie No 2468 by Firefly
Hints and tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Firefly in friendly mode this time Continue reading “Toughie 2468”
Toughie 2448
Toughie No 2448 by Firefly
Hints and tips by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Firefly has set us a proper (themed) Thursday Toughie which I really enjoyed solving and blogging as there are some lovely clues here, hence the award of a fairly rare 4* for enjoyment.… Continue reading
Toughie 2428
Toughie No 2428 by Firefly
Hints and tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ***
Firefly has set us what I found to be a proper Toughie crossword, with a double-unched grid and the need to solve 4d before you could get going on solving the Across clues. Continue reading “Toughie 2428”
Toughie 2048
Toughie No 2408 by Firefly
Hints and tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
This Firefly crossword was well and truly on my Toughie ‘spectrum’ – parts of the LH side were particularly tricky to solve and working out/and writing the hints for some of the clues took a while too.… Continue reading
Toughie 2388
Toughie No 2388 by Firefly
Hints and tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment **
One of those crosswords where it helps if you know ‘stuff’ and fortunately for me, I did. Solved in a time on the cusp of a backpager and a Toughie, so slightly trickier than I’d expected from Firefly.… Continue reading