Toughie No 1548 by Samuel
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I’m swapping with Toro this week – he is busy today and I leave this weekend for our annual skiing trip.… 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 1524
Toughie No 1524 by Samuel
Hints and tips by Toro
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
This was a quite a gentle and certainly an enjoyable start to the short post-Xmas week. Excuse the belated review.
Toughie 1505
Toughie No 1505 by Samuel
Hints and tips by Toro
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **/***
A decent first Toughie of the week from Samuel, if perhaps not his most entertaining.
Toughie 1485
Toughie No 1485 by Samuel
Hints and tips by Toro
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings all from sunny Rutland. I struggled with this puzzle without really knowing why.
Toughie 1481
Toughie No 1481 by Dada
Hints and tips by Toro
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BD Rating - Difficulty **/*** - Enjoyment ***
A fairly middle-of-the-road sort of Tuesday puzzle with one or two lighthearted touches.
Toughie 1459
Toughie No 1459 by Samuel
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Once again I feel short-changed. I settled down ready to give the brain a thorough work-out only to complete the puzzle without the brain having to get out of first gear.… Continue reading
Toughie 1435
Toughie No 1435 by Samuel
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
This is my first time for blogging a Samuel puzzle.… Continue reading
Toughie 1413
Toughie No 1413 by Samuel
Hints and tips by Toro
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BD Rating - Difficulty ***/**** - Enjoyment *****
Those without a British upbringing might struggle with one or two of the references, but Samuel's second Toughie is a delight, and shows what can be done when good setters really apply themselves to their craft. All Tuesdays should be like this!
Toughie 1385
Toughie No 1385 by Samuel
Hints and tips by Toro
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BD Rating - Difficulty **** - Enjoyment ****
A warm welcome from all of us to Samuel on his first Telegraph Toughie appearance. I thought this was a decent if typically gentle Tuesday offering until I realised I had printed out and solved the back-pager by mistake! The real thing was much more in the Toughie vein and full of strong clues that I really enjoyed.