Telegraph Cryptic #31140

2026-01-19

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Across

1a

Sweet, affectionate social worker (7)

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5a

Location of mausoleum in shadowy outline (7)

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9a

Initially auditor rants about workplace records (7)

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10a

Sell off university involved in lawsuit (7)

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11a

Strangely, I chose and use cold storage areas (3,6)

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12a

Dish from Carrera, Italy (5)

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13a

Old king lacking energy to eat a lot (5)

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15a

Design elegant car, excluding a certain shape (9)

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17a

Women's hospital is, according to journalist, secretly plotted (9)

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19a

French city by river is more pleasant (5)

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22a

In part, space-age robot is enthusiastic (5)

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23a

Hinder fellow's cleaner (9)

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25a

Portraying one married and getting on (7)

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26a

Unfriendly MC at first ignores late entrants (7)

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27a

Blokes? They spout on the radio! (7)

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28a

Legal licence covers current case (7)

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Down

1d

Red and pink bird loses tail (7)

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2d

Foreign letter transparent about fusion and fission (7)

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3d

Miami governor embraces friend from Spain (5)

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4d

Manager of funds more confident after rate fixed (9)

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5d

Drags sliding boxes in the auditorium (5)

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6d

Verify mixture of arsenic encasing tantalum (9)

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7d

Showering after removing cap in practice (7)

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8d

Staff go out for instruction (7)

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14d

Thorough awareness of disorderly peers' exit (9)

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16d

Pastiched silly training programme (9)

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17d

Little noise accompanies good gardener's task (7)

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18d

Trendy fireplace for thankless type (7)

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20d

Strip screw with tool in narrow space (7)

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21d

Go back on deal (7)

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23d

Artist is wise in retrospect after date (5)

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24d

Amid failures, I take opportunity to do exam again (5)

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