Toughie No 3350 by Django
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
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Toughie 3335
Toughie No 3335 by Django
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Django has given us a relatively gentle but extremely entertaining puzzle. Many thanks to him.
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Toughie 3323
Toughie No 3323 by Django
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
After his last Toughie which was veering towards orthodoxy Django has found his quirky streak once more and given us a very enjoyable puzzle. Thanks to him.
Several of today’s long answers leapt out from the enumeration and a few checkers, just requiring some work to identify the wordplay.… Continue reading
Toughie 3307
Toughie No 3307 by Django
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
It’s interesting how Django’s style has evolved since he started producing Toughies to write more succinct (but equally enjoyable) clues. Thanks to him for the entertainment.
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Toughie 3291
Toughie No 3291 by Django
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Django’s not too tricky today but there are couple of devious parsings to deal with and I needed Google assistance to verify the existence of the 12a examples. All good fun.
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Toughie 3275
Toughie No 3275 by Django
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Huge thanks to Gazza for leaping into my Tuesday breach. I was sorry to miss out (for ghastly reasons that I won’t bore you with) on a re-match with Zenas/Prolixic but what a treat (as ever) today from Django.
Toughie 3259
Toughie No 3259 by Django
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Thanks to Django for a very enjoyable puzzle. The only real difficulty I had was with 9a where I needed all the checking letters in place before I could work out where the other letters went.
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Toughie 3251
Toughie No 3251 by Django
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Django has given us a very entertaining puzzle with some nifty wordplay today – many thanks to him.
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Toughie 3234
Toughie No 3234 by Django
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Toughie 3219
Toughie No 3219 by Django
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Django’s being pretty gentle with us today but he’s as enjoyable as ever. Thanks to him.
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