Toughie No 3269 by Musaeus
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***/****
It seems, as ever, preposterous for me to be critiquing a pro – today of all days!
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Toughie 3265
Toughie No 3265 by Donnybrook
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****
This was mostly gentle, which made the few pokes in the ribs all the more painful and surprising.
Toughie 3261
Toughie No 3261 by Dada
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****
I don’t know whether it’s holiday brain or the shock of realising that I’m no more sensible on a Turkish moped than I was aged 16 but I made (quite unnecessarily) heavy weather of this to start.… Continue reading
Toughie 3257
Toughie No 3257 by Chalicea
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
A hearty welcome back for Chalicea. She’s always hugely enjoyable and, better yet, I don’t (usually) have to look for – and invariably miss – a pangram or, worse still, a pesky Nina.
Toughie 3253
Toughie No 3253 by Zenas
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
I’m sure many of us have been wondering who Zenas is.
Toughie 3249
Toughie No 3249 by Donnybrook
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***/****
I love MasterChef – happily back for its umpteenth season – almost as much as crosswords.
Toughie 3245
Toughie No 3245 by Kcit
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment **/***
As a hack, I’ve loved interviewing authors. They’re (generally) intelligent, they spend way too much time on their own so they’re often girlishly chatty and, most importantly, they always say yes to a sit-down because they’ve invariably got a book to promote.
Toughie 3241
Toughie No 3241 by Dada
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
I’ve just been tutted in the street. Tutted!… Continue reading
Toughie 3237
Toughie No 3237 by Chalicea
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***/****
I’m still chuckling about a back-handed aside from the wife.… Continue reading
Toughie 3233
Toughie No 3233 by Gila
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment **/***
I’m not overly au fait with Gila and, stymied by Hungary’s hour difference, I was fearing unfamiliarity might prompt a late night/early morning.… Continue reading