Toughie No 3036 by Notabilis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment *****
A lovely puzzle by Notabilis today, complete with Nina.… Continue reading
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Toughie 2844
Toughie No 2844 by Notabilis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
What a pleasure to blog a Notabilis again.… Continue reading
Toughie 2668
Toughie No 2668 by Notabilis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
It’s pleasure to blog a Notabilis again, it feels like it has been a while.… Continue reading
Toughie 2493
Toughie No 2493 by Notabilis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
Some longer clues made for harder parsing. I had quite a few left to parse after completing the grid.… Continue reading
Toughie 2469
Toughie No 2469 by Notabilis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment *****
A rather tricky puzzle from Notabilis, where on several occasions it took me a while to see the parsing after deducing the answer. … Continue reading
Toughie 2397
Toughie No 2397 by Notabilis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
Quite a devious puzzle from Notabilis today, I thought.… Continue reading
Toughie 2357
Toughie No 2357 by Notabilis
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty ***** - Enjoyment ****
Hello, everyone. I've been asked to stand in for Dutch today. The SW corner of this enjoyable and intricate Notabilis puzzle went in smoothly, but after that I needed some electronic and dictionary help to get it completely solved and hinted. It's one of the toughest puzzles I've encountered in quite some time, so I'll be interested to see whether our experienced solvers consider it to be a "proper Toughie". Continue reading "Toughie 2357"
Toughie 2290
Toughie No 2290 by Notabilis
Hints and tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
A fine example of what a Toughie, especially a Friday Toughie, should be.… Continue reading
Toughie 2242
Toughie No 2242 by Notabilis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment *****
Great stuff from Notabilis as always. The Nina helped me with several answers, e.g.… Continue reading
Toughie 2214
Toughie No 2214 by Notabilis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
What a great way to start this glorious long weekend – a brilliant puzzle by Notabilis.… Continue reading