Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Cephas is Peter Chamberlain. He currently sets the Saturday Prize puzzle on alternate weeks.
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Without doubt this is the easiest Toughie that I have ever done. Perhaps they are trying to be kind to us after yesterday’s difficult special offering.
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Cephas gives us a very gentle start to the week – it could well get tougher in the run-up to Christmas!
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While not difficult, this is a bit tougher than many of Cephas’s previous puzzles.
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An easy puzzle today – many have already said easier than today’s regular cryptic.
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Another not-so-toughie from Cephas.
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While this was fairly easy as Toughies go, it was very enjoyable to solve. Most of you will be aware that Cephas sets the Saturday Prize puzzle and, as he reminded me recently, the Sunday General Knowledge puzzle.
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While not one of the more difficult Toughies, well it is Tuesday after all, there’s still plenty to savour in this puzzle!
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As well as a trademark Geography lesson, today’s rather easy puzzle from Cephas features kitchen utensils in the wordplay.
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If you haven’t guessed from the sub-heading, we have yet another pangrammatic puzzle from Cephas. While this puzzle would be fine as a daily cryptic, it doesn’t really match up to the Telegraph’s claim that the Toughie is “the toughest crossword in Fleet Street”.
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A very pleasant puzzle which shows us what Cephas, our regular Saturday setter, can do. At the lower end of difficulty for a Toughie, a puzzle like this would make a lot of sense as a Prize Puzzle.
Cephas has made pangrammatic puzzles a bit of a trademark in recent months, so you won’t be surprised to see all 26 letters of the alphabet in this one.
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