Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27162

Hints and tips by Gazza

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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***

There’s a problem with the grid on the Telegraph Puzzles site today – the central line (holding 14a) doesn’t appear properly (and, if you use the print facility, you will see the actual answer to 14a). I understand that it’s all fine in the paper.
I thought that Giovanni was in ‘easy’ mode again today – what did you think?