Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30792
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Ottawa, where winter has finally made an appearance. We have had a couple of fairly significant snowfalls recently and the ground is blanketed in white. However, it may not stick around for long as rain is forecast this coming week.
I encountered several old friends among the clues in Robyn’s puzzle today. This was welcome as I am likely not at my sharpest after spending a couple of hours clearing snow earlier in the day and working in my volunteer position at the hockey game this afternoon.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30780
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Greetings from Ottawa, where there’s not a flake of snow in sight – although we may get a dusting of the white stuff later in the week. What a remarkable change for it to be you in the UK, rather than me, who is buried in the stuff!
A fun offering from Robyn this week. I started off at a one star pace but a few at the end held me up due to the need to brush up on a few things British. Thus I expect many may find it easier than my rating.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30768
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Greetings from Ottawa, where – as for many of you around the world – Remembrance Day is being marked today. In addition to today’s ceremony at the National War Memorial, for several days there has been a nightly display of images of poppies dropping down the Peace Tower – each representing a fallen member of the armed forces.
I found today’s puzzle to be at the easier end of the spectrum, though as enjoyable as usual from Robyn.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30756
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Greetings from Ottawa. Yes, it’s me again this week. However, next week you can look forward to the debut appearance of the newest member of the blogging team who will share the Monday blogging slot with me going forward.
On this side of the pond. we are gearing up for Halloween festivities later this week. Unfortunately, those hoping to score chocolate bars in their treat bags may find the pickings slim. It seems the cost of chocolate and other ingredients has skyrocketed this year and the manufacturers have reacted by shrinking the size of chocolate bars to the point that one needs a handful of them to amount to a bite.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30750
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Greetings from Ottawa, where summer has has graced us with an encore performance – sunny skies and daytime temperatures reaching the low to mid 20s.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30738
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Greetings from Ottawa, where the weather has turned markedly cooler than it was the last time I appeared on the blog.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30726
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Greetings from my lakeside retreat near Ottawa, where we have enjoyed a couple of weeks of midsummer-like weather in mid-September.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30714
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Greetings from Ottawa, where a stretch of very cold, very wet weather has temporarily driven me from my lakeside retreat to the comforts of my cozy, warm home.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30702
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Once again this review is being composed at my lakeside retreat outside Ottawa, where we are enjoying a gorgeous late summer weekend.… Continue reading
Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30690
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Greetings from my lakeside retreat outside Ottawa where we are experiencing a spell of rainy weather giving me an opportunity to catch up on crosswords.… Continue reading
