Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 25846
Today’s puzzle I found a little easy for a Saturday
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment *
It’s been a struggle finding any clues worth giving hints, this is one of the easiest prize crosswords for a long time.
11a Romeo takes lady to the country (6)
Romeo is “R” in the phonetic alphabet, and the lady could be this one singing “Lets Have a Party” or even this very fishy one
18a I have part of car first whilst trying out all possibilities (10)
I have is I’ve, and it’s preceded (first) by the part of the car which takes the discharged gases from the engine
7d Proceeded gingerly at quarter past four having made headlong plunge (8 )
To proceed gingerly you follow your —-; now take the past tense and follow with the same last three letters as 18a, but this time from IV (four) E (a quarter – a compass point)
14d Stubborn old boys can have had a meal (9)
The whole is a word meaning stubborn – Old boys are OBs, and the can is a tin
As these are some of the better clues, you can probably tell what I think of the rest.
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