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Toughie 3154

Toughie No 3154 by Giovanni

Hints and tips by crypticsue

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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty **/***Enjoyment ***

A typical Giovanni Toughie, with some [fairly clued but not often used] words, a chance to brush up on your Latin (especially useful if you were in the German stream at school), and an ear worm to boot!

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Toughie 3115

Toughie No 3115 by Giovanni
Hints and tips by Gazza

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

I found the wordplay in this puzzle to be fairly straightforward and enjoyable but as usual with Giovanni it was the amount of GK that had me consulting the BRB and Wikipedia.Continue reading

Toughie 2994

Toughie No 2994 by Giovanni

Hints and Tips by crypticsue

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/****Enjoyment ***

It’s been a couple of months since we last had a Toughie from Giovanni and, even if you hadn’t  already known that he was today’s Toughie setter, it wouldn’t have taken you long to realise that this crossword was definitely one of his, not least because of some, fairly-clued, but not well-known, words in the mix.

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Toughie 2934

Toughie No 2934 by Giovanni

Hints and Tips by crypticsue

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

A fairly typical mid-week Toughie from Giovanni. There are quite a few anagrams to get you started and the words you may not have heard of were all fairly clued. Continue reading “Toughie 2934”

Toughie 2882

Toughie No 2882 by Giovanni

Hints and tips by Crypticsue

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BD Rating – Difficulty *Enjoyment ***

A typical Giovanni Toughie where everything, including the words you possibly didn’t know, was fairly clued Continue reading “Toughie 2882”