Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31274
Hints and Tips by Deansleigh
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BD Rating – Difficulty ***/**** Enjoyment ****
Good morning everyone, and welcome to the midweek back-pager blog. I found today’s crossword to be quite tricky – it took me longer than the previous two days’ puzzles put together. However, I expect many of you will say that you sailed through this one with no problems at all! Today we have a pangram for which a fair amount of general knowledge is needed, but everything is fairly clued. I especially liked 5d, 7d and 18d, but my favourite today is 14a.
Many thanks to our setter: I’m going to take a punt on Hudson, who I know is fond of ursine national treasures such as 1a, as well as the legendary singer whose first name appears in 2d.