Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 30894
Hints and tips by Smylers
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BD Rating – Difficulty *** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning. Last week I said I found the crossword harder than any recent Monday backpager, but I think today’s puzzle has topped that: by the time I’d been through all of the across clues, I’d only entered 2 answers! But YMMV — there was such a range of views on how hard last Monday’s was that it would’ve been impossible to give a rating that matched even a majority of commenters, let alone all of them. Today’s puzzle is ideally suited to fans of reversing things.