Telegraph Cryptic #31153

2026-02-03

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1a

American city, fashionable in the past (7)

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5a

Talks from tense, boring religious leaders (7)

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9a

Hesitated, denying female's changed (7)

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10a

Impertinently inquisitive about adult begging (7)

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11a

Constable possibly made this criminal clean pads (9)

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12a

Dismiss flipping court's demand (5)

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13a

Sober novelist missing booze, ultimately (5)

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15a

Recovering? Need month off (2,3,4)

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17a

Meet European next to new bar (9)

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19a

Small uniform for a police official? (5)

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22a

Slug mixed beverage (5)

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23a

Just getting stuck in marshlands chills someone to the bone (9)

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25a

Make money in Brazil? That is enthralling son (7)

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26a

Picture wise men breaking into back of stable (7)

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27a

Answers about performer's acts (7)

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28a

Drop of French perfume (7)

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Down

1d

Drink tea black with lemon in, stirring initially (7)

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2d

Passionate note penned by one in a nervous state (7)

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3d

Whizzes around king's estates (5)

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4d

This could be amount one rejected? (3,3,3)

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5d

Regret eating soft end of the Indian bread? (5)

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6d

British family allows items of jewellery (9)

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7d

Ape from Indiabananas tame it (7)

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8d

Spotted insulted student leaving (7)

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14d

Ruder expression of disgust after an upsetting grade (9)

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16d

River circled by wild deer if it's really scared (9)

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Ruler's fit of rage with first deserting soldiers (7)

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18d

Touch prisoner with sensitivity (7)

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20d

Accurate summary on Spain (7)

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21d

Admire detail (7)

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23d

Takes off tiny jumpers, by the sound of it (5)

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24d

A daughter wears the man's crowns (5)

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