Toughie No 859 by Cephas
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A pleasant but untaxing start to the Toughie week.
Category: Cephas
Cephas is Peter Chamberlain. He currently sets the Saturday Prize puzzle on alternate weeks.
Toughie 731
Toughie No 731 by Cephas
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A pleasant puzzle, albeit not at the difficult end of the Toughie spectrum.
Toughie 699
Toughie No 699 by Cephas
Anything could happen in the next half hour…
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Tuesday does seem to be the slot for the easier Toughies, but I quite enjoyed this one.
Toughie 671
Toughie No 671 by Cephas
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Cephas serves up some slightly tougher fare than one of his Saturday puzzles today.
Toughie 631
Toughie No 631 by Cephas
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
A Toughie of the kind we have been used to on a Tuesday. Although it was not particularly hard, I made life difficult for myself by trying to fit 13 across into a (5,2,5) pattern instead of (5,7)!
Toughie 603
Toughie No 603 by Cephas
The Ladies of the Harem (of the Court of King Caractacus)
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
This standard “Tuesday” Toughie was a bit easier than last week’s Micawber. Even the large number of answers with double unches (albeit with 50% checking) couldn’t make it difficult!
Toughie 587
Toughie No 587 by Cephas
Brush up your Shakespeare!
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Apart from a couple of answers, both of which were obvious from the wordplay, this could have easily been a back-page puzzle.
Toughie 567
Toughie No 567 by Cephas
Nice and easy does it
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
This puzzle from Cephas was at the lower end of Toughie difficulty, so why not give it a go?
Toughie 543
Toughie No 543 by Cephas
Nice ‘N Easy does it!
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
This puzzle from Cephas could easily have been a Saturday prize crossword. I’m sure the rest of the week will be more difficult.
Toughie 523
Toughie No 523 by Cephas
As tough as a comfy pair of old slippers!
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
Once again Tuesday brings us a Toughie of difficulty comparable with the regular back-page cryptic. A couple of little-known definitions were relatively easy to work out from the wordplay.