Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31104
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Ottawa where, apart from the temperature being marginally warmer than Winnipeg, Senf’s meteorological report from yesterday very accurately sums up conditions here.
Progress was swift through most of today’s puzzle, which I will assume is from X-Type (until someone else steps forward to claim credit), although a few clues at the end extended the solving time a bit. However, the Quickie pun proved to be a different kettle of fish. Neither I nor my human phone-a-friend resource could decipher the answer but Aria, the Opera browser AI assistant spit it out immediately.
In the hints below, underlining identifies precise definitions and cryptic definitions, FODDER is capitalized, and indicators are italicized. The answers will be revealed by clicking on the ANSWER buttons.
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