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DT 31063

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31063
Hints and tips by Huntsman

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BD Rating – Difficulty *  Enjoyment ***/****.

The sun is at least struggling to put in an appearance & it’s not currently raining here in Harpenden but it looks like that’s but a temporary respite with more wet stuff on the way over the next couple of days. A few days golf in Portugal is starting to look more alluring by the day.

As our esteemed Sat or Sun even & alternate Wed blogger would say a typically Tuesdayish  bit of Plumbing from the Prof that ought not to present too many difficulties for most solvers. As ever concisely clued with some neat wordplay & dashes of humour. For any that waltzed through this one Dada is over in t’other place with a Toughie that’s very manageable & I’m sure Whybird would appreciate your comments.

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