Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31035
Hints and tips by Shabbo
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BD Rating – Difficulty **** – Enjoyment ****
Good morning, fellow puzzlers.
A lovely challenging puzzle which I found to be tricky in parts. However, if you follow the setter’s instructions carefully, every clue does exactly what it says on the tin. Several reversals and letter selections/deletions, but all presented within the smoothest of surface reads. A setter at the very top of his game.
In the blog below, the definition element of each clue has been underlined, anagrams are CAPITALISED and the crossword technique “indicator words” are in brackets. The answers are concealed under the “Click Here” buttons. Please leave a comment telling us how you got on and what you thought of the puzzle.
Many thanks to our setter and to the DT Crossword Team.