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DT 31257

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31257

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

A very good Thursday morning from Winnipeg where thunderstorms are becoming more frequent!

For me, and I stress for me© (I have to say that for Terence), Dream Team Thursday seems to be becoming a distant memory but there is no doubt that this is the work of a very benevolent Master of Brevity with some lateral thinking required.  The usual one word clues and answers in the Quickie, and an appearance from the Queen, Ray T’s swEetheart, and the plain sweetheart in the back pager with an average of 4.9 words per clue.  Also, like Dada, Ray T still seems to be making occasional use of a personal thesaurus.  I hope you have your Crimson Tomes at hand!

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