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Toughie 2612

Toughie No 2612 by Osmosis

Hints and tips by Dutch

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BD Rating – Difficulty ****Enjoyment ****

Osmosis keeps us on our toes with some wacky definitions and clever misleading surface readings. And, we have a pangram!

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ST 2612

Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 2612

A full review by Gnomethang

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

Morning All! I got the impression form comments on the day that people found this quite tricky. I also struggled in place but as gazza pointed out “I think it’s a mark of a great puzzle if you struggle to get some answers but, when you’ve finished, you can’t understand why it took you so long because the answers are so obvious.”. Specifically here I think that the excellent surface readings diverted people nicely away from the real meanings

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