Toughie No 3308 by Osmosis
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Osmosis has taken a leaf out of Beam’s book and given us a very enjoyable anagram-less puzzle. Thanks to him.
There’s a lot of cleverness on view in the grid. For a start we have (almost) a double pangram – there are no Hs but two of them are visible in the make-up of the grid. Also, we only have a single W but we do have a couple of spare Us (i.e. a double-U). Finally, and I don’t know how significant this is, several pairs of the higher scoring Scrabble letters appear separated by a single letter in the four quadrants (i.e. going clockwise from top-left Q?Q, X?X, Z?Z and J?J).
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Toughie No 3292 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
Apologies for minimalist version, I’m not doing very well.… Continue reading
Toughie No 3276 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
I think it’s Osmosis. Does anyone know where to get the toughie setters these days?… Continue reading
Toughie No 3260 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ****
Some easy clues, but also a few new words for me – 7d was the last one in!
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Toughie No 3244 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Some easy clues, some not so easy. We’re back to near pangrams, I think a J is missing.
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Toughie No 3228 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
A near double pangram (one J & K?).… Continue reading
Toughie No 3220 by Osmosis
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
Good lord! We have a full pangram!
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Toughie No 3196 by Osmosis
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment *****
I found this much easier than the last Osmosis and as a result more enjoyable.… Continue reading
Toughie No 3188 by Osmosis
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ***
More vague clueing from Osmosis, and a W short of a pangram.
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Toughie No 3180 by Osmosis
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
I struggled with this today, could just be me.… Continue reading