Toughie No 3241 by Dada
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I’ve just been tutted in the street. Tutted!… Continue reading
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Toughie 3237
Toughie No 3237 by Chalicea
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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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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
Toughie 3229
Toughie No 3229 by Donnybrook
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This proved a welcome distraction from the horrors of easyJet packing, ie working out how to cram a week’s worth of clobber into a pencil-case.
Toughie 3225
Toughie No 3225 by Dada
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After another lamentable weekend of English sport I find myself sorely tempted to follow something we’re actually good at.
Toughie 3221
Toughie No 3221 by Serpent
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I can’t be alone in fearing a professorial setter who based his pseudonym on a “cryptographic algorithm”.… Continue reading
Toughie 3217
Toughie No 3217 by Donnybrook
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I always get Donnybrook and Giovanni (for obvious reasons) confused so I thought I’d best mug up before tackling this.
Toughie 3213
Toughie No 3213 by Dada
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After making it abundantly clear in yesterday’s Rookie Corner that I have absolutely no right to comment on a pro’s (or anyone’s) puzzle I am, of course, going to do just that!… Continue reading
Toughie 3209
Toughie No 3209 by Dharma
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It is perhaps fitting, albeit daunting, for the not-so-young pretender to review his not-so-old predecessor, the mighty Stephen L Dharma.… Continue reading
Toughie 3205
Toughie No 3205 by Chalicea
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I hope you all braved Isha and are now safely braced for Jocelyn.… Continue reading