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DT 28088

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 28088

Hints and tips by pommers

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

Hola from the Vega Baja and welcome to a very enjoyable puzzle. I’m pretty sure it’s a RayT production – it’s all short clues, some slightly stretched synonyms, a couple of lurkers, Charles’ mother makes an appearance, there’s a bikini almost covering the top and a son chasing skirt.  It’s gotta be a RayT with all that hasn’t it?  It was heading for a comfortable ** difficulty but then I stalled a bit in the NE corner so *** it became.  I’ll be interested to hear what you all make of it.

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