Tag: Light (Sunday)

Sunday Toughie No 169

by Light

 

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

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Happy Easter, folks…

I had to take a good, long look at the BRB to find the pigeon and the nut, that and a couple of dodgy parsings (1d) and new to me knowledge (9a) meant this was probably Light’s toughest Toughie to date (for me™)

We have 14a and 14d clues today and I have hinted half, a bonus nudge may be available if asked

Here we go, Folks…

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Sunday Toughie No 165

by Light

 

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

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I had a feeling we might be seeing Light today as he debuted a Wednesday Toughie that went down well, This seems a very similar standard of difficulty to me but as I am not obliged to give stars to prize puzzles I will just hope you find it as pleasant as I did.

I am still in the dark as to who Light is and with some light speculation about Richard Osman apart I guess I will have to remain curious.

14a and 14d clues and I have hinted half, I will try and provide a bonus nudge if asked.

Here we go, Folks…

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Sunday Toughie No 161

by Light

 

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

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Well another mystery setter, can anyone throw any light on who Light may be? He hasn’t appeared under that name in the categories list. It seems like a Ray Terrell kind of pseudonym Ray Beam Light, but we don’t have The Queen, sweetheart or single-word answers and a frankly Djangoesque 12-word clue in 22a (the average clue length comes down to just over 6 per clue). Nevertheless, I will plump for RayT looking for a suitable level between his backpager and proper toughie (Beam) guises. He may even have signed it in the sixth row of “unches”

15a and 20a floated my boat today but COTD goes to 9d. What did you like?

Here we go, Folks…

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