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Toughie 3418

Toughie  No 3418 by Weatherman

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

A nice Wednesday Toughie with a few clues where the solution was obvious but the ‘why?’ took a little longer to work out

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Toughie 3416

Toughie  No 3416 by Elgar

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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty *****+Enjoyment ****

Another brain-mangler from Elgar – but then what else were you going to do while waiting for Storm Éowyn to go away?  This one has a theme with several multi-word clues spread across the grid.

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Toughie 3414

Toughie  No 3414 by Prime

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

Four quite difficult mini crosswords which I solved corner by corner in an anti-clockwise direction – SE, NE, NW, SW

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