Telegraph Cryptic #31021

2025-09-02

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Across

1a

Fish placed around angler's second reel? (5)

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4a

Perhaps dosh we flaunted (6,3)

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9a

What you might do in your walking boots on your bike (4,1,4)

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10a

Thing zebra regularly avoided? Big cat (5)

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11a

Socialist with cool energy drink (3,4)

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12a

Not in favour of pagan removing outer layers in street (7)

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13a

Young child actually swapping clubs with knight (6)

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15a

These people might treat canine depressionit's restricting 25 per cent of dogs (8)

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18a

Czech, perhaps, from Pragueone unfortunately abandoning golf (8)

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20a

More flamboyant F1 driver on the radio (6)

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23a

Carol following a Greek character? Funny (7)

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24a

Labourer's bird taking off hurriedly at first (7)

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26a

Run up a mountain (5)

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27a

The large nuts securing power cable (9)

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28a

Elders maybe penning answer almost certainly getting prizes (9)

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29a

Salesman's returning holding a weapon (5)

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Down

1d

Put off by pit's shape (9)

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2d

Upsetting article on King Edward in his birthday suit (5)

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3d

Visa one criminal's bypassing (7)

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4d

Trump may use this strategy, initially, with damaged pride (6)

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5d

Physical education appraised after nothing worked (8)

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6d

Take out old belt (7)

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7d

Planned grandiose novel (9)

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8d

Opening clenched hand without resistance (5)

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14d

Loudly catching fishthat's lucky (9)

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16d

It supports patient criminal's punishment, drug runner ultimately (9)

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17d

Guard the mad relative (8)

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19d

Members of the clergypersistently annoying people embracing religious instruction (7)

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21d

Oscar is livid about new fruit (7)

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22d

Ship circling Portugal badly tips over (6)

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23d

A bit isolated (5)

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25d

Saw some had aged (5)

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