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DT 27877

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27877

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I would have finished this more speedily if I hadn’t initially put the wrong ending on 1a (I assumed that ‘figure’ was the Roman numeral for fifty) which had me scratching my head about 5d until the penny dropped.… Continue reading