Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31272
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Greetings from my lakeside retreat near Ottawa where an overcast, rainy Saturday gave way to a warm, sunny Sunday.
Today we have the expected introductory gentle warmup to ease us into this week’s slate of puzzles.
I must give a shout out to Senf who came to my rescue on the Quickie pun. I discover I have been mispronouncing the answer my entire lifetime.
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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