Telegraph Cryptic #31080

2025-11-10

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1a

Policeman seizing husband's helicopter (7)

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5a

Gear or smack (7)

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9a

Ruined ancestral city (9)

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10a

Mike leaves lucky charm for racecourse (5)

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11a

Sorrowful, having lost fine hat (5)

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12a

Detectives overlook nearly everyone, getting the sack (9)

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13a

Jaguar perhaps in Guiana distressed nation (9)

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16a

Makes a mistake, having knocked back small beer (5)

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17a

Church council initially suspended your nice old deacon (5)

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18a

Vegetable sauces introduced by a health resort (9)

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20a

Learning of English coin, Oscar breaks in (9)

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23a

Show disapproval before it's over for the whole orchestra (5)

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25a

Saw American teen oddly getting into D&D (5)

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26a

Too dense to grasp page's pointy stick (9)

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27a

Standard dirty look in reception room (7)

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28a

In a fury, endlessly deny tragedy (7)

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Down

1d

Shakespearean character in cabal going rogue (7)

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2d

Person in possession of narcotic drug shaving head (5)

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3d

Very drunk, with a coat on? (9)

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4d

Judged sweetheart taking temperature the wrong way (5)

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5d

Scrap hard, ordered cheat (4-5)

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6d

African native agreed on a ratio in maths (5)

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7d

Supports political faction's court motion (9)

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8d

Scares starlet, upset (7)

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14d

Leader caught on channel with old Republican (9)

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15d

Happy I set up list for film (9)

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16d

What transports patient from Chester extremely resistant to change (9)

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17d

Occasionally, supreme Northern Irish politicians gain momentum (5,2)

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19d

Avoided silence, annoyed (7)

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21d

Briefly check oxygen's sound (5)

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22d

European shortly heads north to find something a hangman needs (5)

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24d

Lean on grand item (5)

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