Toughie No 3448 by Elgar
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty *****+ – Enjoyment ***
Category: Toughie Crosswords
Toughie 3447
Toughie No 3447 by Kcit
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
My progress through the puzzle was steady rather than speedy and I enjoyed the process. Thanks to Kcit.
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Toughie 3446
Toughie No 3446 by Light
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Sunday Toughie 163 (Review)
Sunday Toughie No 163 by Beam
Review by Sloop John Bee
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This puzzle was published on the 9th of March 2025
Toughie 3445
Toughie No 3445 by Chalicea
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment **/*** – Vocab ***
Lumme, Chalicea has been quintessentially Chalicea today, working her magic dictionary – and my app-scrolling thumb – hard.… Continue reading
Sunday Toughie 164 (Hints)
Sunday Toughie No 164
by Zandio
Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee
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I had a rather pleasant tour of the North East Coasts and Castles yesterday, but I was rather tired and a restorative Torabhaigh meant that I fell asleep before I had fully parsed this last night. Coffee and a bacon butty restored me this morning.
Is Zandio having a go at my drinking in the unches going right from 16… perhaps not
14a and 14d clues today and I have hinted half
Here we go…
Toughie 3444
Toughie No 3444 by Sparks
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Thanks to Sparks for the enjoyable Friday Toughie. He very often gives us something extra in the grid – I can’t see anything today (the only letters missing are J, Q, X and Z which are the four highest Scrabble scorers but I doubt whether that’s significant). Have you spotted anything?
Update: See the comment from Retiefus below – the Nina starts at the final character of 3d. Continue reading “Toughie 3444”
Toughie 3443
Toughie No 3443 by Django
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Great fun from Django in a puzzle that’s not too tricky but with a few clues where the parsing needed a bit of thought – thanks to him.
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Toughie 3442
Toughie No 3442 by Prime
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Toughie 3441
Toughie No 3441 by Zenas
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
I truly didn’t/don’t know quite how to rate this for difficulty as I raced through the solve, thanks largely to very fair definitions, but the full parse took longer.… Continue reading