Toughie No 1527 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
And a very happy New Year to everyone!… Continue reading
Category: Osmosis
Osmosis is Michael Warburton. He is also Scorpion of the Independent and Aardvark of the Financial Times.
Toughie 1508
Toughie No 1508 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
This took me double normal toughie time but in retrospect I should have seen a lot of it much earlier – others may get the personalities more quickly than I did, which already gives you the perimeter.… Continue reading
Toughie 1488
Toughie No 1488 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
This is the 101st toughie from Osmosis; the last one I blogged was his wonderful centenary crossword.… Continue reading
Toughie 1468
Toughie No 1468 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment *****
Hearty congratulations to Osmosis for his 100th Telegraph Toughie!!… Continue reading
Toughie 1452
Toughie No 1452 by Osmosis
Welcome to Legoland
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment **
I’m not sure why Osmosis retains his Friday slot, traditionally used for the tougher Toughies, as I found this one quite easy.… Continue reading
Toughie 1432
Toughie No 1432 by Osmosis
Moving Stuff
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
Greetings from the Calder Valley!
Osmosis is along today in the Friday slot and this is what I would call a typical Osmosis puzzle with lots of painstaking constructions using smaller words and pieces of words.… Continue reading
Toughie 1416
Toughie No 1416 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ***
I am trying something different today which I hope will make the puzzle more widely accessible.… Continue reading
Toughie 1400
Toughie No 1400 by Osmosis
As much use as a chocolate teapot?
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment **
One of those puzzles where, having completed it, you wonder why you had bothered.… Continue reading
Toughie 1386
Toughie No 1386 by Osmosis
It’s all coming back to me
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
I’d have recognised this as an Osmosis production even if I hadn’t known the setter.… Continue reading
Toughie 1368
Toughie No 1368 by Osmosis
Rockin ‘n’ Rollin’
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment **
There were rather too many (five of each, highlighted in yellow below) first/last letter constructs to lift the enjoyment level of this otherwise competent puzzle.… Continue reading