Toughie No 3036 by Notabilis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment *****
A lovely puzzle by Notabilis today, complete with Nina.… Continue reading
Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Notabilis is Roger Phillips. He is also Kea of the Listener and Nestor of the Independent
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment *****
A lovely puzzle by Notabilis today, complete with Nina.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
What a pleasure to blog a Notabilis again.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
It’s pleasure to blog a Notabilis again, it feels like it has been a while.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
Some longer clues made for harder parsing. I had quite a few left to parse after completing the grid.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment *****
A rather tricky puzzle from Notabilis, where on several occasions it took me a while to see the parsing after deducing the answer. … Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
Quite a devious puzzle from Notabilis today, I thought.… Continue reading
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Hello, everyone. I've been asked to stand in for Dutch today. The SW corner of this enjoyable and intricate Notabilis puzzle went in smoothly, but after that I needed some electronic and dictionary help to get it completely solved and hinted. It's one of the toughest puzzles I've encountered in quite some time, so I'll be interested to see whether our experienced solvers consider it to be a "proper Toughie". Continue reading "Toughie 2357"
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A fine example of what a Toughie, especially a Friday Toughie, should be.… Continue reading
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Great stuff from Notabilis as always. The Nina helped me with several answers, e.g.… Continue reading
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What a great way to start this glorious long weekend – a brilliant puzzle by Notabilis.… Continue reading