Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31068
Hints and tips by Falcon
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BD Rating – Difficulty * – Enjoyment ****
Greetings from Ottawa, where we are still on summer time but the weather is anything but summery. As Senf mentioned yesterday, North America won’t switch back to standard time until next weekend meaning for the next week the time differential between Ottawa and the UK shrinks to four hours from the usual five hours and plays havoc with my sleep routine when I am on blogging duty. We are also disadvantaged in the spring – and for a longer period of time – as North America goes on summer time three weeks prior to the UK
I might venture out on a limb and attribute this puzzle to X-Type (with the usual caveat regarding my dismal setter identification record). I don’t believe many will find it too difficult but it does demonstrate that such puzzles can also be enjoyable. I struggled more with the so-called Quickie.
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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