Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31021
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
Good morning, fellow puzzlers.
I’m afraid you’ve got me twice this week, as I am filling in today for Huntsman who is golfing in Suffolk. I shall endeavour to maintain his high standards of blogging, but there won’t be any of his trademark musical clips to entertain you.
I am not very good at guessing the setter on my regular Thursday slot, so I am not even going to make an attempt here today. Over to you, dear solver.
I found this to be a very gentle Tuesday puzzle. I got slightly delayed in the SW corner but, in hindsight, there is nothing too difficult there. My joint CoDs are the very simple but elegant 26a and 25d.
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Many thanks to our setter and to the DT Crossword Team.