February 5, 2014 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

Toughie 1131

Toughie No 1131 by Osmosis

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

Good morning from a storm-ravaged Devon – the weather has got steadily worse since John Kettley retired!
I enjoyed this Osmosis Toughie (in spite of the two animals which I had to work out from the wordplay and then look up) although I didn’t like 20a. The enumeration helped a lot with the four peripheral English towns but I imagine that these caused a few difficulties for solvers abroad.
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