B09ELH1IMAAAnd5.jpg' alt='Fonts 2015 W2' title='Fonts 2015 W2' />Change QuickBooks Font size Larger Print in QuickBooks. Many maybe even most people dont have a firm understanding of what qualifies as a 1099 contractor. Are you being misclassified Here is a histogram showing the distribution of the number of clues in all backpage puzzles since November 2001. Click to enlarge these charts. DT 2. 85. 12 Big Daves Crossword Blog. Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 2. Hints and tips by Mr Kitty BD Rating    Difficulty   Enjoyment Hello, everyone. For me, todays puzzle was about average difficulty for a Tuesday back page and it delivered the expected number of penny drops and smiles. So on the BD scale of one to five Im giving it three stars for both difficulty and enjoyment. This paragraph has some crossword statistics. Readers not interested in such things may click to jump to the Across or Down Hints, the Quickie Pun, or the Comments. On Sundays blog there was a discussion about whether 3. I think its interesting to understand the constraints that our setters operate under, so I investigated that question. The short answer is that the number of clues in back page crosswords since 2. For the long answer, complete with charts and data, click the expandable spoiler box. Click here for histograms of the number of clues in back page puzzles. Here is a histogram showing the distribution of the number of clues in all back page puzzles since November 2. Click to enlarge these charts. So, 2. 8, 3. 0, and 3. This histogram zooms in on the relatively small number of puzzles that have contained more than 3. So far, 4. 2 is the maximum number of clues used in a back page puzzle. The most recent example is DT 1. Christmas Day 2. 01. Remarkably, that 4. At the other end of the distribution, 2. DT 2. 84. 76 1. 1 July 2. DT 2. 84. 85 2. 1 July 2. These clue count distributions reflect an underlying distribution of the set of grid patterns that the Telegraph allows its setters to use. I will probably have more to say about that in a week or two. In the hints below the definitions are underlined and the answers will be revealed by clicking on the buttons. In some hints hyperlinks provide additional explanation or background. Clicking on a picture will enlarge it. Please leave a comment telling us how you got on. Across. 1a    Give Commanding Officer salute with unknown number involved 1. CONTRIBUTE  A usual letter for an unknown number inserted into with. Commanding Officer and a salute or homage 6a    Troublesome situation created by return of moderate Conservatives 4 STEW  The answer is found by reversing created by return of a derogatory term coined by Margaret Thatcher for Conservatives who disagreed with some of her policies. Extremely glad to eat our fruit 5 GOURD  The outer letters extremely of Gla. D containing to eat OUR 1. I dash back with money to purchase old habit 9 TRADITION  Start by joining I from the clue to a four letter synonym of dash. Then reverse that object back, and append with a slang term for money that contains to purchase the abbreviation for old. Most difficult dart hes thrown 7 HARDEST  An anagram thrown of DART HES 1. Jobs for Poles 5 POSTS  A double definition. Poles has been capitalised to mislead the solver these poles might be made of wood. Trouble with method that should follow right lines 7 RAILWAY  Put synonyms of trouble and of method after that should follow the abbreviation for right 1. France License Plates Fonts. Bird table with nothing in it 7 ROOSTER  A table assigning duties contains with. Resent a drunk getting sober 7 EARNEST  An anagram drunk of RESENT A 2. Perhaps Carmen then regularly avoided work 7 OPERATE  The musical form of which Carmen is an example perhaps, followed by Th. En without its even letters regularly avoided 2. Coarse grass restricts runs 5 HARSH  Another slang name for marijuana contains restricts the cricket abbreviation for runs 2. Youre looking for theseresponses 7 ANSWERS  A part cryptic double definition. The first is what youre looking for when solving the puzzle. For instance, boxers inferior to women are unusual 9 UNDERWEAR  Glue together a preposition meaning inferior to, the abbreviation for women, and an anagram unusual of ARE 2. Tell Me More English Full on this page. Hitting lob, Edberg nets ball 5 GLOBE  The first three words in the clue are hiding nets the answer. Bring in vase, by the sound of it 4 EARN  A homophone by the sound of it of a type of vase 3. Mark Twain, say, used this TYPEWRITER  A synonym of mark or variety, followed by the type of artist that Twain is an example of say. Since Mark Twain did indeed use a 3. Down. 1d    Lock upcomposer 4 CAGE  A double definition. The composer is perhaps best known for 43. Heres a death metal version of that composition. A Turing he cracked what could be more difficult 9 NAUGHTIER  An anagram cracked of A TURING HE 3d    Passenger, Irish from the South, turned crimson 5 RIDER  Glue together the reversal from the South in a down clue of the abbreviation for Irish, and the reversal turned of the primary colour of which crimson is a shade. Treat criminal in neighbouring cell 7 BATTERY  An anagram criminal of TREAT inserted into in a preposition meaning neighbouring. TRACTOR  A form of 1. Getslittle bits of wood 5 TWIGS  A double definition. The little bits of wood come from a tree. Engineer screwed in new part of car 1. WINDSCREEN  An anagram engineer of SCREWED IN and Name. Progress seen in this writers show 7 IMPROVE  A contraction of this writers seen from the setters perspective, followed by a synonym of show or verify 1. Coveting top of hill by river as suitable place for plants 1. GREENHOUSE  Link together the colour associated with envy, the first letter top of in a down clue of Hill, and a Sussex or Yorkshire river thats a favourite of our setters. If that man enters outskirts of Wainfleet, that womans following 7 WHETHER  A pronoun for that man goes inside enters the outer letters outskirts of Wainflee. T, followed by s following a pronoun for that woman 1. Bear managed small drink after end of jaunt 9 TRANSPORT After the last letter of end of jaun. T, assemble a usual synonym of managed, the abbreviation for small, and a fortified wine 2. Attempt to catch ancient play 7 TRAGEDY  A three letter attempt contains to catch an adjective meaning ancient 2. Watch over bishop and perform duties 7 OBSERVE  Concatenate the cricket abbreviation for over, the chess abbreviation for bishop, and a verb meaning perform duties 2. It detects signals from north and south 5 RADAR From north and south in a down clue tells us that we are looking for a palindrome. This one detects signals that measure the position of, for example, an aeroplane 2. Keen, for example, to roll up and be entertained by organ 5 EAGER  Take the Latin abbreviation for for example and reverse it to roll up. Thats then inserted into be entertained by the organ that listens 2. Expensivehoney 4 DEAR  A double definition. Honey here is a term of endearment. Thanks to todays setter for a fun solve. My favourite is 1. Which clues did you like best The Quick Crossword pun  PAYPERWAITSPAPERWEIGHTS.