Toughie No 1527 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
And a very happy New Year to everyone! Osmosis gives us a great puzzle to start 2016. This took me normal Toughie time so 3* for difficulty, and plenty of surprise definitions and fun wordplay to give us 4* for enjoyment
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27999
Hints and tips by Deep Threat
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Happy New Year from South Staffs with a reasonably clear start to the day.
Assuming it wasn’t just the effect of the Crémant de Bourgogne with which we saw in 2016, Giovanni has started off the year with quite a testing puzzle, well into *** time for me.… Continue reading
Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2827
A full review by gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
This puzzle was published on Sunday, 20th December 2015
Morning All and a Happy New Year!. Apologies for the two late reviews – I was involved in a couple of impromptu parties which diverted my attention somewhat!. We have a festive puzzle from Brian Greer themed around the ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’ song. I have highlighted the themed clues in BLUE.
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