Toughie No 2200 by Donnybrook
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ***
Given the amount of GK that’s contained in this puzzle I’m surprised that it didn’t actually pose many problems.… Continue reading
Toughie No 2180 by Donnybrook
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
This is an interesting mixture of fairly straightforward clues (e.g.… Continue reading
Toughie No 2169 by Donnybrook
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ****
I emerged from hibernation to do battle with the Toughie and found it to be a puzzle of two halves.… Continue reading
Toughie No 2152 by Donnybrook
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
After yesterday’s pretty tough start to the new year we’re back on gentler ground today with an enjoyable puzzle.… Continue reading
Toughie No 2137 by Donnybrook
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Donnybrook’s last Toughie was a tutorial in the classics but this one is far more user friendly.… Continue reading
Toughie No 2125 by Donnybrook
It’s All Greek to Me
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment **/***
We have rather a lot of GK references (mainly relating to classical times) today which reduced the enjoyment somewhat for me and had me upping the difficulty level.… Continue reading
Toughie No 2106 by Donnybrook
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ***
This was a fairly gentle puzzle to get me back into blogging mode after a two-week absence gallivanting round Scotland.… Continue reading
Toughie No 2089 by Donnybrook
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment **
Today we have a solid though not terribly sparkling puzzle with plenty of ways in but a few clues where (for me at any rate) assistance had to be sought from Mr Google and Mr B R Book to verify that what the wordplay was suggesting was indeed known.… Continue reading
Toughie No 2073 by Donnybrook
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
Fairly straightforward but pleasurable – thanks Donnybrook.
Please leave a comment telling us how you fared and what you thought of it.… Continue reading