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DT 31298

Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 31298
Hints and Tips by Deansleigh

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

Good morning everyone, and welcome to the midweek back-pager blog.  I found today’s puzzle to be between yesterday’s and Monday’s in terms of difficulty, with a couple of words that were new to me, and one or two clues that took a while to parse.   My favourites today were 13a, 17a, 7d and the brilliant reverse lurker in 16d.  I also enjoyed the Quickie pun.  Many thanks to our setter.

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