30960 – Big Dave's Crossword Blog

DT 30960

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30960

Hints and tips by Falcon

+ – + – + – + – + – + – + – +

BD Rating  –  Difficulty ** –  Enjoyment ***

Greetings from my lakeside retreat outside Ottawa, where summer has made a dramatic entry, with high winds and tornado warnings and temperatures forecast to reach the mid-thirties today.

The puzzle did not appear to me to be the work of any of our recent setters so I will not venture a guess. However, it should appeal to fans of anagrams and word search.

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.

Please leave a comment telling us what you thought of the puzzle.

Continue reading “DT 30960”