Putting the words to lights – crossword clues explained in plain English
Osmosis is Michael Warburton. He is also Scorpion of the Independent and Aardvark of the Financial Times.
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
When you see Osmosis’s name on a Toughie you know you’re going to get a lot of detailed wordplay and that’s what we’ve got.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ***
A big hello to you all from South Kensington. … Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
A solid toughie from Osmosis with intricate clueing and some lovely surfaces.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment **
Many thanks to all for your good wishes for my cataract operation last Tuesday – all went well.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ***/****
A proper toughie I thought – this went relatively slowly for me and it took me quite a while to finish my last quadrant, NW.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***/****
[I don’t know what’s happened to today’s Toughie blog or who’s meant to be providing it, but in the meantime I’m putting up this stub so that people can post comments and queries about it without using the back-page blog.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ****/***** – Enjoyment ***
I solved this before I knew who the setter was and it took me almost 5* time.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***/****
It was fun to sort out some tricky wordplay and cryptic definitions in this solid offering from Osmosis.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
The difficulty you have with this puzzle (which is a pangram) probably depends on how good your knowledge is of gardeners, singers, novelists, actresses, mathematicians and diplomats.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Most of this went in without too many problems but then it took me a long time to finish it off (and even longer to work out the last few bits of wordplay).… Continue reading