Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26041
One Banana, Two Banana, Three Banana Four…….
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment: ***
Greetings from the rain-kissed paradise that is the Calder Valley. A nice friendly puzzle that shouldn’t cause too much trouble to newer solvers, although a couple of clues require a careful reading of the words. I also thought there were rather a lot of anagrams (eleven actually, especially of short words and five out of the first six clues), which can suggest a little laziness on behalf of the setter, although here the surface readings of clues are generally very good.
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