Telegraph Cryptic #31092

2025-11-24

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1a

Musical's enraging tune you altered (5,3,4,3)

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9a

Finally you went, entering pits for short periods (7)

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10a

One who's pragmatic about a catalogue (7)

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11a

Either way it's unacceptable (3,2)

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12a

Soldier must reek badly, having been injected with drug (9)

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14a

Delight and disgust when touring Ecuador's capital (6)

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16a

Upset close pal and break down (8)

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18a

Good-looking husband one's mad to change (8)

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19a

British bad guy's accent (6)

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21a

Continuing exercise, chap comes in ripped (9)

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25a

Eagerly accept the French doggy (3,2)

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27a

Mishandles rages, suppressing extremists from Bristol (7)

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28a

Get better free, unlimited insurance (7)

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29a

Ron lost chessmen, playing legend from Scotland (4,4,7)

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Down

1d

Country's opera song enthralling people (7)

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2d

Nine musicians? No, flipping ten (5)

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3d

Public schoolboys welcoming southern Europeans (9)

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4d

Racecourse records only matter initially (5)

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5d

Longs to skip English tales (5)

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6d

Employment in America for one returning (5)

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7d

Sanguine, a pigeon traps rodent (6,3)

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8d

Fan runs into Tiger Woods's supporter Hazel? (3-4)

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13d

Grubby family member aunt regularly ignored (7)

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15d

Wide-ranging fear about old sheep (9)

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17d

Call round after work to find missing peer (4,5)

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18d

Promising help, UFO goes off (7)

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20d

Ruler and politician admitted to base, heartless error (7)

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22d

Exhausted, Tallinn's out of bounds (3,2)

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23d

Gently moves tea sets with no time at all (5)

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24d

Tense hour with strange drone (5)

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26d

Central point brought up to guest of honour (5)

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