Toughie No 2780 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
Again, Osmosis intrigues us by omitting the highest scrabble scorers from his grid.… Continue reading
Category: Osmosis
Osmosis is Michael Warburton. He is also Scorpion of the Independent and Aardvark of the Financial Times.
Toughie 2756
Toughie No 2756 by Osmosis
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ***/****
Once again we are intrigued by Osmosis omitting 11 high-scoring scrabble letters from the puzzle.… Continue reading
Toughie 2740
Toughie No 2740 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
A gentle and most enjoyable puzzle from Osmosis, who seems to have grown an aversion to X,Y,Z, & Q.… Continue reading
Toughie 2724
Toughie No 2724 by Osmosis
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BD Rating – Difficulty ****/***** – Enjoyment *****
Osmosis gives us top quality: beautifully-crafted surface readings that nicely disguise the definitions, making for an enjoyable and satisfying solve.… Continue reading
Toughie 2708
Toughie No 2708 by Osmosis
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ***
Either Osmosis is becoming more devious or I’m becoming thicker – I found this hard work.… Continue reading
Toughie 2692
Toughie No 2692 by Osmosis
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ***
I found this quite hard going but that could be me.… Continue reading
Toughie 2676
Toughie No 2676 by Osmosis
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ****
Looks like we have a double pangram, and we have plenty of Osmosis-style devious definitions making for some great penny-drop moments – though the result was more fun than the ride!… Continue reading
Toughie 2660
Toughie No 2660 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment *
Dutch is unavailable today. I hadn’t anticipated the problems of the last two days when I agreed to cover for him, which is why this review is so late. Continue reading “Toughie 2660”
Toughie 2628
Toughie No 2628 by Osmosis
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** – Enjoyment ****
Osmosis may be teasing us again. We would have a double pangram, except that we have only one V.… Continue reading
Toughie 2612
Toughie No 2612 by Osmosis
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Osmosis keeps us on our toes with some wacky definitions and clever misleading surface readings.… Continue reading