Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30768
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
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.
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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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30762
Hints and tips by Smylers
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Monday’s cryptic crosswords are often more beginner-friendly than those later in the week. If you’re stuck on a clue, or have the answer but don’t know why, the hints below are intended to help, with the definition part of each underlined. Press on the like that! to see the answer.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30756
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
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
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
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 30744
Hints and tips by pommers
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Hola from Almoradí for what will be the last time. Yes, having been doing this job on and off since 2 March 2011 I’ve finally decided that it’s time to throw in the towel. It’s been fun over the years but recently I find my heart is no longer in it so I’ll pass the blog seat on to someone else.
As to the puzzle our setter has provided a corker for my last review. I thought I’d cleaned the across clues but on coming to solve 3d I realised I had a wrong answer in 15a. Shows you should fully parse an answer before putting it in. I bet I’m not the only one who fell into this trap.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30738
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
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 30732
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
Hola from Almoradí. I haven’t a clue how many of these blogs I’ve written over the years but it must be a few hundred by now and this is the first time I’ve ever had to do one on my birthday! Yep, counting in hexadecimal I am 47 today!
Today we have another example of what has become the norm for a Monday puzzle. It’s very well crafted and has a touch of humour but it won’t frighten the horses at all.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30726
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ***
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 30720
Hints and tips by pommers
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
Hola from Almoradí where autumn is definitely on its way. Last Friday was the first day since late June that the temperature failed to top 30°C which was a very welcome change.
Today we have another splendid Monday puzzle. Two weeks ago I only missed two of the across clues but this week I’ve done better by solving every clue in order. There are some quite elegant bits of wordplay and more than a few smiles so, even though it was short, it was enjoyable while it lasted.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30714
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
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
