Toughie No 3283 by Firefly
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I wasn’t all that taken with this puzzle to start with because of all the cross-references but it grew on me as I finished it and wrote the blog. It has a theme (a show that I’ve always managed to avoid but it is sufficiently well known that the related clues shouldn’t provide too many problems).
Thanks to Firefly.
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Toughie No 3243 by Firefly
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
Firefly has given us a theme today based on 13a (which is quite appropriate for me since not having had a flake of snow all through the winter I awoke this morning to find a white covering on the ground).
My progress through the puzzle started at the pace of an arthritic snail but speeded up later. I enjoyed the battle – thanks to Firefly.
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Toughie No 3179 by Firefly
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
There’s a theme in today’s puzzle. All the definitions shown as ‘8’ in the clues are examples of the 8d answer when it’s split 4,4.… Continue reading
Toughie No 3123 by Firefly
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
Thanks to Firefly for a decent puzzle which wasn’t too tricky and didn’t really hit the heights for me.… Continue reading
Toughie No 3083 by Firefly
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Firefly has given us an enjoyable themed puzzle with 3d providing a nudge as to the theme.… Continue reading
Toughie No 3035 by Firefly
Hints and tips by Twmbarlwm
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Good afternoon. I’m in Gazza’s Thursday chair for one week only, and what a superb puzzle this was for my first Toughie blog: beautifully composed with a wide variety of devices and deceptions, and some clever thematic clues relating to the opening solution. The difficulty rating might be a little lower for anyone who got the gateway solution quicker than I did!
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Toughie No 3015 by Firefly
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Thanks to Firefly for an enjoyable puzzle with a theme.… Continue reading
Toughie No 2987 by Firefly
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ***
I spent longer sorting out the wordplay than I did solving this Firefly puzzle.… Continue reading
Toughie No 2963 by Firefly
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Thanks to Firefly for brightening up a horribly dark squally day in North Devon.… Continue reading
Toughie No 2939 by Firefly
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ***
I found parts of this quite tricky (which I can’t blame entirely on the severe case of man flu that I’m currently suffering from) and I can’t fully understand 21a (so any suggestions there would be welcome).… Continue reading