Telegraph Cryptic #31161

2026-02-12

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1a

Reputation could be suffering (8)

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Upset admitting love is corrupted (6)

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Possibly forward adult wearing ruddy frock! (9)

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One is vertical in flight (5)

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12a

One gushes in speech for man (6)

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13a

Abandoned, showed bottom taking a run (8)

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15a

Extraordinary rendition case is unkind (13)

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Humiliation as member rants insanely (13)

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22a

Cracking, grassing about criminal, finally (8)

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23a

Doodle of small fawn (6)

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26a

Occasionally admit purchasing sexy loincloth (5)

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27a

Whipping boy's head start during day (9)

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28a

Group penning single's making progress (6)

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29a

Grand answer by Josh interrupting Mike (8)

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Down

1d

Place for women galore is smashing! (8)

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2d

A battle with sweetheart is sensitive (5)

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3d

Outrage seeing fake news about nothing (7)

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4d

Votes against feature on the radio (4)

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6d

Assumed character of rapper's on album (7)

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7d

Hollow veins in cerebellum's covering (9)

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8d

Outburst in traffic around island (6)

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10d

Distance overwhelms top male astronaut (8)

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14d

Smarting about seeing travellers (8)

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16d

Origins of cold food conserving energy (9)

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17d

Wild cat, lithe and powerful (8)

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19d

Target centre, one touching gold perhaps (7)

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20d

Cover up leak (7)

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21d

Clubs, more obscene and more indecent (6)

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24d

Back trouble on exercise (5)

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25d

What parent's called twice a year (4)

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