June 12, 2013 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 995

Toughie No 995 by Osmosis

No F in Answers

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

I thought that this was a pangram but when I came to check it out I found that it had one letter missing. As usual with Osmosis we get a lot of fairly complicated wordplay, especially insertions and reversals – personally I prefer this type of clue to having masses of anagrams, but others may disagree.
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DT 27202

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27202

Hints and tips by scchua

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BD Rating – Difficulty * + */2Enjoyment ***

An easy enjoyable puzzle from Jay.  I’d give it a 1.5* for difficulty and 3* for enjoyment.  Thanks to Jay.

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