Toughie No 2921 by Shamus
Hints and Tips by StephenL
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Hello everyone from a grey skies and grim South Devon coast. Continue reading “Toughie 2921”
Category: Shamus
Shamus is Philip Marlow [The fictional character Philip Marlowe, created by Raymond Chandler, lived in Shamus Town, a loosely disguised Los Angeles]. He sets puzzles as Hypnos in the Independent and Sleuth in the Financial Times. He also sets some of the questions on “Only Connect”
Toughie 2891
Toughie No 2891 by Shamus
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
I haven’t had the pleasure of blogging a Shamus puzzle for some considerable time so it’s great to see him back on the Toughie rota. Thanks to him for an enjoyable and reasonably gentle puzzle.… Continue reading
Toughie 2862
Toughie No 2862 by Shamus
Hints and tips by Crypticsue
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
Welcome back to Shamus Continue reading “Toughie 2862”
Toughie 2037
Toughie No 2037 by Shamus
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ***
Thanks to Shamus for an enjoyable workout. I thought it was fairly gentle on the whole but, as is usually the case for me, I had most trouble sorting out the two long anagrams.… Continue reading
Toughie 2017
Toughie No 2017 by Shamus
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
The answers to this one all went in fairly painlessly (though I had to check that what I’d worked out for 15d was a real word) until I reached 28a which held me up for ages and which pushed the difficulty rating up from 1.5 to 2 stars.… Continue reading
Toughie 1980
Toughie No 1980 by Shamus
Hints and tips by Kitty
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BD Rating – Difficulty **/*** – Enjoyment ***
Hi all. Shamus provides today’s harder puzzle which I found not too much harder than the back page save for a spot of bother at the end with 15a and 16d. … Continue reading
Toughie 1952
Toughie No 1952 by Shamus
Hints and tips by Kitty
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Hello to you all on this fine Cluesday, the start of the Toughie week. I have no idea if Shamus is getting a little less spiky or if it’s just that I’m getting used to his style. … Continue reading
Toughie 1914
Toughie No 1914 by Shamus
Hints and tips by Bufo
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
I had difficulty getting on the right wavelength today and took longer than I perhaps should have done. I then had problems parsing the last couple of answers.… Continue reading
Toughie 1896
Toughie No 1896 by Shamus
Hints and tips by Kitty
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Hi there. I’m becoming more attuned to Shamus’s style than I used to be, so didn’t have too many problems with this. I progressed steadily along the road to Solution, more or less top to bottom, and really enjoyed the scenery. … Continue reading
Toughie 1878
Toughie No 1878 by Shamus
Hints and tips by Tilsit
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from Warrington. I’m rather relieved this is on the easier side of things as I’ve had to do this from the clue list without a grid. Nothing terribly taxing and some nice clues to make you smile.… Continue reading