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DT 26057

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26057

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

Many thanks to Gazza and Libellule for looking after the blog this weekend while I was away in Cheltenham.

I don’t know if it was because I was recovering from the excesses of the weekend, but I found today’s contribution from the Monday Maestro to be a fair bit harder than usual (cue complaints from the usual suspects!). The cryptic definition at 1 across was one of the best in a Monday puzzle for a long time and I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge that Rufus has set.

Another minor landmark – this is the 500th post on the blog (and the 5,000th comment was added last week).

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