Toughie No 2961 by Hudson
Hints and tips by StephenL
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Hello everyone from a wet and windy (and sunny!) South Devon. Continue reading “Toughie No 2961”
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Toughie 2941
Toughie No 2941 by Hudson
Hints and tips by StephenL
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Hello everyone from a cloudy but mild South Devon coast. Continue reading “Toughie 2941”
Toughie 2914
Toughie No 2914 by Hudson
Hints and tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
Just what the crossword solver ordered – a splendid crossword from Hudson which was a joy to solve from start to finish. Continue reading “Toughie 2914”
Toughie 2886
Toughie No 2886 by Hudson
Hints and tips by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
Another splendid start-of-the-week Toughie from Hudson. Continue reading “Toughie 2886”
Toughie 2859
Toughie No 2859 by Hudson
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
An entertaining puzzle from Hudson – thanks to him. There are several of what we call 25s amongst the clues.
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Toughie 2839
Toughie No 2839 by Hudson
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****
Hudson has given us a puzzle low on difficulty but high on enjoyment. Do you agree or disagree?
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Toughie 2814
Toughie No 2814 by Hudson
Hints and tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
Hudson provides some much needed cheer on a grey and chilly Wednesday morning Continue reading “Toughie 2814”
Toughie 2782
Toughie No 2782 by Hudson
Hints and tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
A splendid mid-week Toughie from one of my favourite setters Continue reading “Toughie 2782”
Toughie 2763
Toughie No 2763 by Hudson
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****
Many thanks to Hudson for a puzzle that’s great fun but not too tricky. I try to place the difficulty rating for a Toughie somewhere on the scale of the Toughies that we get, where Elgar would always be 5* and the puzzles we used to get from the likes of Busman in the distant past and Warbler more recently would be 1* – this one is very much towards the easier end on that scale.… Continue reading
Toughie 2747
Toughie No 2747 by Hudson
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
I always enjoy Hudson’s Toughies but I was slightly disappointed by this one. It continued the run of floughieness that we’ve had all week and it seemed to lack a bit of the sparkle that we usually get from him.… Continue reading