Telegraph Cryptic #31192

2026-03-20

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Across

1a

Dictator's award, several liable to interfere (10)

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6a

Mean waitress finally serves? (4)

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9a

Icon returned mother's unquestioning faith (5)

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10a

Musician's flat? (3,2,4)

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12a

Keep United defensive blunder within tie after second show of approval (5,8)

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14a

Noisy gym cultivated sexism (8)

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15a

Roll, cake and doughnut not included in unemployment payment (6)

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17a

Perhaps Victorian gold that is lying around case for Sotheby's? (6)

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19a

Lush trip, right to take old Ford in Disneyland on vacation (8)

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21a

The Panel excited by singerPlant (8,5)

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24a

Failing son, wrong to introduce book, Spare (2,7)

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25a

King regularly ignored smallest room in house (5)

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26a

Dramas letting out parking places (4)

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27a

Those looking on baldness try avoiding student dances (10)

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Down

1d

Form of Salah, for one, boosted characters within Reds (4)

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2d

Takes in jokes for the audience one had written up earlier (7)

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3d

Influential people show the way home, essential character in tight matches (7,6)

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4d

Terrible hair, call barber finally getting cut (8)

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5d

Saying too much in short period of time (5)

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7d

100 were in a hurry to find ground (7)

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8d

Pioneers small fruit loaves (10)

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11d

Habitual attendance of inn after quote for cooking (13)

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13d

Petty criminal liar undermining the setter's partner (10)

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16d

Break from following fashion having acquired 1,000 books (8)

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18d

Put one's faith in sports after cycling purchase picked up (5,2)

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20d

Sailor on crack free from guilt (7)

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22d

Crikey! Krankies not all revolting and irritable (5)

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23d

Twists, clipping headthat was clumsy! (4)

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