Telegraph Cryptic #31095

2025-11-27

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1a

Starr's heart not being in Abbey Road rightly condemned as rip-off (8,7)

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9a

Go after American company bottling large drink (7)

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10a

Disparaging comment mainly recalled artist being narrow-minded (7)

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11a

Places to worship Koran uncovered by Kemi's lot (9)

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12a

Sinatra's opening, smooth number (5)

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13a

One certain to lose clobber or phone (2-5)

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15a

Aims to drink at home with good resolutions (7)

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17a

Delays vacations to host party (4-3)

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19a

Rob's occasionally pale "down below" (7)

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21a

Ecstasy shortly to make a comeback, creating loophole (5)

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23a

Work secretly? Idiot may, for Spooner (9)

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25a

Taxing solitary Republican nothing just within limits (7)

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26a

Endeavour to place agency worker in dry area to begin with (7)

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27a

Writer enters this for finer prose? (6,9)

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Down

1d

Coerce fiery character to take over (7)

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2d

Plant in yard you texted Charlie about (5)

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3d

Unrehearsed, this person's cue beginning to unravel (9)

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4d

Hard to top YouTube? One regularly hears more content (7)

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5d

On paper no time for second publication? (7)

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6d

Starting point of book unchanged (5)

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7d

Regularly being wicked up north, journalist's invigorated (9)

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8d

Awfully frosty, biting Novemberwear these (1-6)

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14d

Celebration in foyer, one we plastered (9)

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16d

Twin, fabulous and forty? (6,3)

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17d

Woman getting married above supermarket, place with regular deliveries? (3-4)

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18d

Assam's drunk to absorb old pastries (7)

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19d

Quietly cheers, keeping excited roar in proportion (3,4)

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20d

One that turns in either direction (7)

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22d

"Old King" cycling with international gets bug (1,4)

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24d

Harry lying about checking big road for street urchin (5)

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