Toughie No 3494 by Dharma
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Category: Dharma
Toughie 3473
Toughie No 3473 by Dharma
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment *****
Typically clever stuff from Dharma. He’s shown us a lot of love here to put a real shift in: honed surfaces, imaginative wordplay and fun pay-offs.… Continue reading
Toughie 3453
Toughie No 3453 by Dharma
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****
Very Dharma today: generous definitions spiced with fizzy wordplay and some big swings.… Continue reading
Toughie 3425
Toughie No 3425 by Dharma
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
I’d have known this was Dharma even without his Toughie byline: garlicky wordplay, clever definitions and sneaky misdirects.… Continue reading
Toughie 3401
Toughie No 3401 by Dharma
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****/*****
An utterly charming puzzle from Dharma to see out the year in style: cunning misdirection, masked definitions and typically smart surfaces. Nowt outlandish here. My difficulty rating will, I’m sure, meet with snorts of derision as per usual, but Dharma’s style has always suited me down to the ground. Hopefully, I won’t be entirely alone! All yours.
Toughie 3377
Toughie No 3377 by Dharma
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****/*****
As usual with Dharma, some very fair definitions coupled with some pretty garlicky wordplay.… Continue reading
Toughie 3361
Toughie No 3361 by Dharma
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****/*****
Another charmer from Dharma. Very toothsome indeed. The top half flew in, thanks largely, as ever, to very fair definitions.
Toughie 3345
Toughie No 3345 by Dharma
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment *****
Spot on. Dharma’s best yet, for my money.
Toughie 3333
Toughie No 3333 by Dharma
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
As ever with Dharma, his typically fair definitions often got me over the line before I’d fully worked out all of the machinery.
Toughie 3313
Toughie No 3313 by Dharma
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***/****
It’s always fun to see Dharma back to kick things off.