Toughie No 1918 by Samuel
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***/****
A pleasant puzzle from Samuel with some nice clues.… Continue reading
Category: Samuel
Samuel is the pseudonym of Chris Lancaster. As well as editing the Enigmatic Variations puzzles in the Sunday Telegraph since 2014, he has also set crosswords in this series and The Listener series in The Times, , the Inquisitor series and for The Magpie.
Toughie 1902
Toughie No 1902 by Samuel
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hello, and Happy Diwali! It’s also apparently International Gin and Tonic Day, so plenty of reasons to charge your glasses. … Continue reading
Toughie 1886
Toughie No 1886 by Samuel
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ****
I didn’t find this overly difficult until I stalled on the last few answers (mostly in the SW corner) and then stalled even more trying to work out the wordplay for 23 across.… Continue reading
Toughie 1870
Toughie No 1870 by Samuel
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ****
The bottom half went in reasonably quickly but I had more of a problem with the top half.… Continue reading
Toughie 1854
Toughie No 1854 by Samuel
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ***/****
I was happily eating lunch when it suddenly dawned upon me that it was Thursday and I had a blog to write.… Continue reading
Toughie 1837
Toughie No 1837 by Samuel
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Thanks to Samuel for an enjoyable but pretty gentle Toughie.… Continue reading
Toughie 1822
Toughie No 1822 by Samuel
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Another gentle Thursday puzzle with nothing causing any significant problems
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Toughie 1802
Toughie No 1802 by Samuel
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
This was another straightforward puzzle by Samuel that caused me no problems at all.… Continue reading
Toughie 1786
Toughie No 1786 by Samuel
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
The gentle Toughie week continues with what was probably my second fastest ever solve of a Toughie.… Continue reading
Toughie 1769
Toughie No 1769 by Samuel
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ***
There’s nothing to terrify the thoroughbreds in this pleasant puzzle from Samuel.… Continue reading