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Toughie 3028

Toughie No 3028 by Osmosis

Hints and tips by Dutch

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BD Rating – Difficulty ****Enjoyment *****

A lovely puzzle from Osmosis with the usual cleverly-disguised definitions. And another near pangram, this time the Z is missing.

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Toughie 3027

Toughie No 3027 by Kcit
Hints and tips by Gazza

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment **

I’m afraid my enjoyment of this puzzle was reduced a lot by the number of clues requiring the insertion and/or deletion of single letters.

Thanks to Kcit.

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Toughie 3023

Toughie No 3023 by Beam
Hints and tips by Gazza

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ***

Beam makes his regular appearance in the Thursday Toughie slot – thanks to him for today’s enjoyable puzzle. The absence of anagrams in his puzzles does sometimes make the parsing easier – I would probably have tried to make an anagram of 8d, for instance, if the setter had been someone else.Continue reading

Toughie 3020

Toughie No 3020 by Sparks

Hints and tips by Dutch

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BD Rating – Difficulty **/***Enjoyment ****

Oh no! My heart sank as I saw the Nina. Our condolences Sparks. How do you give an enjoyment rating for such a sad message? Many of the across answers apply to 12a Continue reading “Toughie 3020”

Toughie 3019

Toughie No 3019 by proXimal
Hints and tips by Gazza

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

Thanks to proXimal for today’s Toughie which I enjoyed deciphering.

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Across Clues

1a Go over city crime arrests (5)
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