Telegraph Cryptic #31171

2026-02-24

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Across

1a

Giving up foreign food initially, it's dodgy (10)

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6a

Criticise some informal styles making a comeback (4)

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10a

Quietly cutting gentleman's tree (5)

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11a

Crackers seem moist on occasion (9)

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12a

Medic almost attempted embracing new philosophy (8)

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13a

Horse's leg too short (5)

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15a

Producing clubs with gold pipe (7)

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17a

Where children might be digging and sitting in bit of land by the sea (7)

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19a

American holds bottom half of kitten with one large gadget (7)

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21a

Glib talk close to fashion model (7)

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22a

A lesson mostly about fragrance (5)

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24a

Keep sea anemones primarily in metal container (8)

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27a

One crude gentleman ignoring maiden is unsophisticated (9)

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28a

Poorly paid worker may want this result (5)

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29a

This is the same round bread (4)

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30a

Shows sign of hesitation returning gifts (10)

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Down

1d

Celebrity, female, arrived topless (4)

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2d

Copy new procedure (9)

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3d

Not disheartened after the first lady's competition (5)

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4d

Proving difficult (7)

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5d

Stupefied bear is oddly leaving tracks (7)

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7d

Maybe defective car? Mike is stuck in centre of Spanish city (5)

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8d

This writer's picked up small packet? Bad luck (10)

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9d

What one might do seeing scary spider? Leg it! (4,2,2)

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14d

Calling copper in panic, too upset (10)

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16d

Emphatically wearing suit (2,6)

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18d

Accuracy before coin is forged (9)

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20d

One might swallow this story female servant told (7)

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21d

Dog lead (7)

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23d

Aida perhaps got naked for each adult (5)

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25d

Vehicles Sting held up (5)

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26d

Hardy character demonstrates stamina, to an extent (4)

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