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 *****
A very pleasant and precise puzzle today. We have learnt that we can expect a pangram from Osmosis, but today he sets the bar higher: using fairly normal grid entries, we have a double pangram!… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ***
Osmosis gives us a pangram, as usual (with 9a taking care of the first 4 letters).… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment ***
As usual, we have a meticulously-clued pangram from Osmosis, with smooth surfaces elegantly combining definition and wordplay.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
A tricky pangram from Osmosis where I found myself reasonably well on-wavelength, though I had to stretch my crossword memory a bit for some of the references
Definitions are underlined.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Another lovely and precise puzzle from Osmosis, solved with pleasure on the new blue telegraph puzzle website.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment *****
It was a joy to solve this clever pangram from Osmosis.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
A high quality pangram from Osmosis today, meticulously clued with many outstanding surfaces — which, as so often happens, I appreciated all the more the second time around when writing the blog.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***** – Enjoyment *****
A real treat of a proper Friday Toughie from one of my favourite setters makes for a very happy stand-in blogger.… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
I thoroughly enjoyed this one once I got started on it (having once again failed to appreciate that it was Thursday).… Continue reading
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BD Rating – Difficulty ****/***** – Enjoyment *****
Another great puzzle from Osmosis, full of precise clueing, clever surfaces and intriguing definitions, and definitely a toughie.… Continue reading