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DT 26064

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 26064

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The first thing to say about today’s puzzle is that there are no cricketing terms at all (well, 26a could relate to a cricket team, but I’ve chosen to go with football instead). Apart from that we have a novel anagram indicator in 7d and a strange, but entertaining, clue at 16d.

As usual the answers are hidden inside the curly brackets – just select the white space inside the brackets to reveal them, if you need to.

All comments, whether from seasoned campaigners or first-timers, are very welcome.

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