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DT 27207

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27207

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BD Rating – Difficulty ***Enjoyment ***

Good morning from South Staffs, on a dry but cloudy morning.

I gave this puzzle *** for difficulty because I struggled with a couple of clues, notably 1d, which was the last in because I simply couldn’t parse it at first.  The penny finally dropped when I realised that the construction was similar to 6d in yesterday’s Cryptic (which I struggled with until I read Libellule Gazza’s explanation).

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