Toughie No 558 by Osmosis
Creatures of Habit
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Osmosis is back with his fiendishly complex clues to torment us today. A very enjoyable puzzle with a few creatures featuring in the solutions, as well as some contemporary references and clever surface readings. One of the attractions of the Toughie for me is that we get up-to-date and topical clues in many of the puzzles (the Rooney clue in yesterday’s Giovanni made me giggle!). I particularly liked today’s offbeat clue at 25a, but quite a few of the others were equally clever.
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Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2586
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The closing date for this Prize puzzle has been put back, so the review will be published at 12.00noon on Tuesday, 10th May.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26545
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Friday’s puzzle is meant to be the toughest of the week and I think that this one lives up to its billing. I found it to be on a par with Giovanni’s Toughie yesterday for difficulty. There are some very entertaining clues and 3d on its own earns it a fourth enjoyment star from me.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26540
Hints and tips by Gnomethang
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Morning All!. Despite the number of ‘two synonyms plus a letter insertion’ type clues that I encountered whilst reviewing this puzzle I actually enjoyed the solve quite a lot. There were a few very good clues although the ambiguity at 12 Across was quite surprising.
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