Toughie No 3347 by Serpent
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty */** – Enjoyment ****
Serpent is being uncharacteristically gentle today but as enjoyable as ever with some cracking clues. I was only really held up by my mathematical ignorance in 27a. Serpent often hides something in the grid but I can’t spot anything today.
Thanks to Serpent.
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Toughie No 3322 by Serpent
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty */** – Enjoyment *****
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Toughie No 3306 by Serpent
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
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Toughie No 3278 by Serpent
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
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Toughie No 3258 by Serpent
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
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Toughie No 3242 by Serpent
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
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Toughie No 3221 by Serpent
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment *****
I can’t be alone in fearing a professorial setter who based his pseudonym on a “cryptographic algorithm”. The very words make me want to sob. As a chap who epically failed Maths A-level, my brain is clearly cheese to his chalk.… Continue reading
Toughie No 3210 by Serpent
Hints and Tips by crypticsue
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BD Rating – Toughie Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
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Toughie No 3197 by Serpent
Hints and tips by ALP
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ****
Well, I’m as surprised as anyone. More so, probably. You have the silver-tongued Gazza to “thank” for this. My lot are still hooting at his absurdly generous notion that I’m “always sensible”.… Continue reading
Toughie No 3185 by Serpent
Hints and tips by StephenL
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****/*****
Hello everyone from a very wet South Devon coast
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