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Toughie 293

Toughie No 293 by Osmosis

A Tale of Four Corners

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

Tilsit had another overlong stay at the hospital this morning so I have dragged myself away from my year-end accounts to solve and review this puzzle.  Having seen earlier plaintive cries in the daily review comments from those who were stuck, I was expecting the worst, but it wasn’t that bad.  I whizzed through the NW corner, gave up on the NE, sailed through the SW  and struggled a bit with SE before finally returning to tidy up the NE.  As I progressed I realised that younger solvers might well have heard of the pop group formerly fronted by the late, much lamented,  Sid Barrett but could well struggle with the entertaining Ms Bryan, a lady who was still performing the splits on stage while well into her seventies.

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