Toughie No 2051 by Sparks
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Sparks gives us some innovative clueing as always.… Continue reading
Category: Sparks
Sparks is the name used by Mark Kelmanson for Toughies. He is known elsewhere as Monk (M on K, his initials)
Toughie 2031
Toughie No 2031 by Sparks
Hints and tips by Mr K
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BD Rating - Difficulty **** - Enjoyment ****
Hello, everyone. They say that a change is as good as a rest.
Toughie 2003
Toughie No 2003 by Sparks
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
My windows laptop is playing up, dying repeatedly at inconvenient times.… Continue reading
Toughie 1967
Toughie No 1967 by Sparks
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
A good and very satisfying Friday toughie from Sparks with plenty of inventive clueing.… Continue reading
Toughie 1939
Toughie No 1939 by Sparks
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ***
Many thanks Sparks. A slow and steady solve.… Continue reading
Toughie 1911
Toughie No 1911 by Sparks
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
A thoroughly pleasant and not overly challenging puzzle from Sparks today.… Continue reading
Toughie 1871
Toughie No 1871 by Sparks
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***– Enjoyment****
This is our very first effort at writing a Toughie blog and we have been anxiously waiting all week to see who the setter would be.… Continue reading
Toughie 1855
Toughie No 1855 by Sparks
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***/****
I enjoyed this, though I didn’t know who the setter was at the time of solving (thanks CS for filling me in).… Continue reading
Toughie 1811
Toughie No 1811 by Sparks
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ***/****
A lovely puzzle which I managed within 3* difficulty time, though I found it hard in parts (it took me a while to twig onto 7d, which meant I was left in the dark for a bit with 16d as well, and there were a few words I didn’t know).… Continue reading
Toughie 1791
Toughie No 1791 by Sparks
Hints and tips by Tilsit
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
Greetings from Warrington! We finish the Toughie week with a very enjoyable challenge from Sparks, one that causes a bit of head scratching but leaves you satisfied when the last letter goes in.… Continue reading