Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26222

Hints and tips by Gnomethang

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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ***

[Today we have a new blogger joining the team. I know you will all recognise him from his proliferation of comments – well now the poacher has turned gamekeeper. Gnomethang will only be able to participate from time to time, but if his first post is anything to go by let’s hope it is a frequent occurrence. Thanks also to Gazza for stepping aside today to make this possible. BD]

Morning All! First of all I must say a big thank you to Big Dave and Gazza for giving me the opportunity to guest this DT review. It has been fun to do and makes you think about every clue.

Now on to the puzzle: As usual from Giovanni we have a series of smooth and fair clues with good definitions and some very nice surface reading. As with the last two weeks I think that these have been from the more gentle side of Giovanni (I am comparing with a few from the beginning of the year) and I was wavering between two and three stars for difficulty but do please let us know what you thought.