Toughie No 1687 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ***
I didn’t know the setter until I received an email from Cryptic Sue this morning, after the solve.… Continue reading
Category: Osmosis
Osmosis is Michael Warburton. He is also Scorpion of the Independent and Aardvark of the Financial Times.
Toughie 1671
Toughie No 1671 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ***
Gosh, my youngest (daughter Morgan, 11) has started high school.… Continue reading
Toughie 1655
Toughie No 1655 by Osmosis
Watch out – The Grumpy Old Man is back!
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment **
Dutch will be away for the next three Fridays, and you will have a different blogger for each of them.… Continue reading
Toughie 1641
Toughie No 1641 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
I’ve been having intermittent Internet problems all morning so I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I can publish this.… Continue reading
Toughie 1625
Toughie No 1625 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
When you see Osmosis’s name on a Toughie you can be sure that you’re going to get a lot of detailed wordplay including plenty of insertions and reversals and this one certainly follows that pattern.… Continue reading
Toughie 1609
Toughie No 1609 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
This is a fairly typical Osmosis puzzle with some enjoyable clues but lots of ‘fiddly’ bits in the wordplay including a great number of abbreviations.… Continue reading
Toughie 1593
Toughie No 1593 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
This is a fairly typical Osmosis puzzle with lots of abbreviations, insertions and reversals.… Continue reading
Toughie 1577
Toughie No 1577 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Thanks to Osmosis for an enjoyable Toughie. I proceeded steadily, though not that speedily, through the clues with the NE corner putting up the most resistance.… Continue reading
Toughie 1565
Toughie No 1565 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Gazza
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Osmosis has given us a pangram which is full of his usual complicated wordplay.… Continue reading
Toughie 1543
Toughie No 1543 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
A cracking puzzle from Osmosis to end the week – I enjoyed this thoroughly, especially the definitions.… Continue reading