Telegraph Cryptic #31022

2025-09-03

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1a

Low character: English pound flagging (7,5)

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9a

Ring to cancel Spielberg classic (7)

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10a

Slender rod daughter left embedded in small conifer (7)

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11a

Intros from The Apprentice, Sugar's key assignment (4)

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12a

One's read caution after illegal drug (1-4)

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13a

Ms Reeves's boundless longing (4)

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16a

Buccaneer, after losing head, discharged lackey with fury (7)

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17a

Cover flipping novel predicament (7)

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18a

Camera panned around front of battlefieldgruesome (7)

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21a

Sees two West End musicals, missing endings (7)

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23a

Regretted being coarse on the radio (4)

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24a

Second professional golf kid (5)

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25a

Hollywood gong ignoring old Cliff (4)

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28a

Force to work in gentlemen's laveww! (7)

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29a

Fifties bohemian from best family from the east (7)

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30a

Drive adopted by former PM: railway operation on a large scale (5,7)

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Down

1d

Is not able to get to grips with a South American card game (7)

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2d

No end of cashlie back and relax! (4)

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3d

Stick up landlady on vacation, memorably (7)

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4d

Roped in girl to go over dictionary (7)

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5d

Billions put away by ex-Labour leader in hideaway (4)

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6d

One Day International cricket initially bores mother a bit (7)

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7d

Modelling PVC material, an Avenger (7,6)

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8d

We all go out on this brass hat's three-wheeler (7,6)

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14d

Cathedral city set up Socialist Times (5)

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15d

Philosopher seen in Polyanthos regularly (5)

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19d

Tuchel's earning cups here? (7)

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20d

Quick! Train former journos! (7)

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21d

Belt and outfit (7)

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22d

Journalist having base in New York East Side borough (7)

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26d

Tech saving lives of, for starters, Hamilton, Alonso, Leclerc & Ocon (4)

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27d

Air force served up eastern food (4)

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