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DT 30678

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30678

Hints and tips by pommers

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BD Rating – Difficulty **Enjoyment ****

Hola from Almoradí on an overcast and muggy morning.  I do believe we might be in for some rather overdue rain!  In view of the various different levels of heat we get here in the summer pommette has come up with a new scale:  25-29°C = warm, 30-34 = hot, 35-39 = bl’ot and 40+ = f’ot.  I’ll leave it to you to fill in the missing letters! Just now it’s at the top end of warm but it’s forecast to get bl’ot this afternoon!

Here we have another splendid Monday puzzle which I don’t think will frighten many horses.  The hints are below just in case they’re needed but I suspect not.
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Sunday Toughie 131 (Hints)

Sunday Toughie No 131


by Robyn

 

Hints and Tips by Sloop John Bee

 

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Not too tricky today, two of the trickiest letters in 1a made me think of a pangram but it wasn’t to be. I think my choice of music may raise a few 6d’s today but so many 15d-ing tunes came to mind I was spoiled for choice

We have 14a and 14d clues and as ever I have run out of hints before all the tricky ones are covered so I will provide a bonus nudge if required

Here we go…

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EV 1653 (Hints)

Enigmatic Variations 1653 (Hints)

Petitioned King by Pandiculator

Hints and tips by Phibs

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Pandiculation is ‘an instinctive movement, consisting in the extension of the legs, the raising and stretching of the arms, and the throwing back of the head and trunk, accompanied by yawning; it occurs before and after sleeping, also in certain nervous affections, as hysteria, and at the accession of a fit of ague.’ Continue reading “EV 1653 (Hints)”