tel cryptic 2368

[JULIEWOOLIE]

bit stuck this week It sparkles in the sun when it gets fine again s???????e and Chattering foolishly incessantly when needing help (2,3,4)??t?e???? and Uses a blender thats faulty f????any ideas folks

[kayakamina]

Solitaire

[kayakamina]

In the cart

Fuses

[kayakamina]

Exp[lanations....Sol it ai re

Chatterin(g) anag

[JULIEWOOLIE]

Thanks K im really dim today! SO IS 10D HUGS THE SHORE?

[kayakamina]

It is Julie.

[JULIEWOOLIE]

11 ac pursuit? and whatever is 22ac s?t?u?h

[kayakamina]

Pursuit

Retouch

[kayakamina]

Just noticed your S is wrong....Theoriser

[JULIEWOOLIE]

so treasurer is wrong for 15d !

[kayakamina]

Anagram There is or (gold)

[JULIEWOOLIE]

Thanks K all done now must be my intellectual biorythms again or yesterdays times crossword blew my brain!

[kayakamina]

Then stay away from yesterday's Independent !!

[JULIEWOOLIE]

Ive been trying to but you are tempting me!

[JULIEWOOLIE]

what are the guardian weekend puzzles like do they have any prize sudoku and what do you win on the others?

[gardenknowin]

Hey you two, you're going to get people talking....!!

[kayakamina]

The Saturday Guardian has a good puzzle- better than the Times and Telegraph. The Observer has the Azed crossword which can be tricky and is really for advanced puzzlers.
I think the prizes are books or gift vouchers.

If you want to ease into the more challenging ones you could start on the Sunday Times Mephisto which is the easiest of it's kind but is a step up from the normal cryptics.

Good luck K

[JULIEWOOLIE]

HI Gardenknowin! do you do the guardian xword? its not an exclusive conversation!lol

[JULIEWOOLIE]

think i tried the mephisto once completely baffled me, think i might try the guardian next week then.I try to convince my husband that Im not having fun but Im seriously winning prizes but ive got so many dictionarys, book tokens and pens now its getting harder to convince him!

[gardenknowin]

Hi JW - regret I don't; am a devoted Telegrodyte and have been for (nearly!) as long as kayakamina's been doing cryptics. Maybe I should try it - after all, I did once win Enigmatic Variations (bighead!) LOL ++ GK

[JULIEWOOLIE]

Enigmatic variations! I dont even understand the concept of that one, I kept one one week waited for the answers to see how it worked and was just as baffled!