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Toughie 3401

Toughie No 3401 by Dharma
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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.

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Toughie 3333

Toughie No 3333 by Dharma
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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.

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