Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27854
Hints and tips by Big Dave
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Sorry to disappoint but, after the big buildup from 2Kiwis, the mystery blogger is me!… Continue reading
Category: Wednesday
Since the beginning of 2010, Wednesday’s regular setter is Jeremy Mutch who has visited the blog as Jay. During 2009, Jay set almost all the Thursday puzzles.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27848
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
The heading that says 2Kiwis is not quite correct as there is only one of us today. Grandchildren minding duties in Wellington being the reason. Next week it will be no Kiwis as we will both be away in the South Island, so a surprise Mr Ron blogger to look forward to.
With only one solver, I found it hard to judge the relative difficulty but it did seem to be pretty typical for a Wednesday Jay puzzle, maybe towards the gentler end of the spectrum, and the Quickie pun was certainly gentler than last week.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27842
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Our regular morning walk takes us past a series of small ponds. Today, the behaviour of the resident ducks seems to indicate that Spring is not too far away for us. As we were recently unjustly accused of posting pictures of fornicating frogs, perhaps we should not elaborate further and just concentrate on this Jay puzzle.
The one that gave us most trouble today and pushed our solving time to the top of our three star range was 7d, and there are several others that required a bit of extra work too.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27836
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
Last week we mentioned “Winter at its best”. This was very rapidly followed by a spell of “Winter at its worst”. There were severe storms all over the country, roads washed out or flooded, heavy snow across the South Island, many power outages, Whanganui river broke its banks and flooded homes and businesses. We got off comparatively lightly with just a couple of days feeling like Winnie the Pooh, entirely surrounded by water. However things are getting back to normal again now with clear blue skies and fine frosty days.
The puzzle…. Yes. Just what we expect and enjoy from Jay once again.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27830
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ****
We awoke this morning to find our world covered in a crisp white icing of frost. The hills in the distance, to the east of us, have fresh snow and look like mountains again. Now the sun is up and shining from a clear blue sky. Winter at its best.
Jay has his gentler hat on today we thought.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27824
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Cold and windy here so we opted out of our regular walk this morning. A good day to hunker down in front of the fire to solve and blog a Jay puzzle.
A few clues with medical connections, and a few that had us beak scratching a little.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27818
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Despite the difference in seasons, it seems that the weather in UK at present is very similar to what we are having here. Thick jackets and woolly hats were needed for our regular beach walk this morning but at least we did not need umbrellas.
No significant blog birthdays today that we know of, so lets just settle back and enjoy what Jay has given us today.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27812
Hints and tips by 2Kiwis
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Home again. Winter has arrived while we have been away. It will be warm clothing and fires in the grate for the next couple of months for us while most of you will be basking in the sunshine of a Northern hemisphere summer.
It was great to be away and do all the things we did and meet all the people we met but it still feels good to be back to a normal Wednesday with a Jay puzzle to solve, blog and enjoy.
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27806
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
It was wonderful to see so many of our regulars at the George in London at the Sloggers and Betters meeting.… Continue reading
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Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27800
Hints and tips by Dutch
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***
Many thanks to all of you for the kind words of encouragement after my first blog last week – means a lot to me.… Continue reading