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Toughie 3400

Toughie  No 3400 by Elgar

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

It is very damp and foggy outside and Mr CS has taken control of the Christmas jigsaw which allowed me plenty of time to solve, parse and hint this 6d Toughie

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Toughie 3398 (Online only)

Toughie  No 3398 by Prime

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This Christmas Day Toughie is only available online

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

A Toughie for Christmas Day which could have appeared on any other Wednesday of the year as there were no references to the Christmas season at all!  I have added an image of 16d at Christmas, just to add a bit of festivity!

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DT 30803 (Hints)

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 308037 (Hints)

The Saturday Crossword Club (hosted by crypticsue)

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As this is my last on-the-day blog post before Christmas Day’s Toughie, I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas

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