Telegraph Cryptic #31206

2026-04-06

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Across

1a

Stupid pot belly's back (5)

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4a

Vital the writer's left with a set of books (9)

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9a

Horrible idiot boyfriend returned grand (9)

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10a

Celebrity holding India's instrument (5)

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11a

Break in ceremony limiting telepathy? (7)

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12a

Annoyed, Newton calmed down without having succeeded (7)

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13a

Heartless fury in power cut (6)

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15a

Relative bored by academic publisher's release (8)

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18a

I censor a different summary of play (8)

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20a

Old country record about odd bits of rustic area (6)

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23a

Lived among fish, crouched in fear (7)

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24a

Using reason, artificial intelligence takes in senior religious figure (1,6)

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26a

Firm made up for losing face (5) 🏆

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27a

Zeus's daughter paid her to, strangely (9)

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28a

Prods mum to fill in second name for representative (9)

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29a

Sheep extremely restless in vessels (5)

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Down

1d

New doors mark development sites (9)

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2d

Quiet avenue son covers in flags? (5)

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3d

Unknown relation scratching head, shouting (7)

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4d

One grows flowers (6)

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5d

Badly paining a composer (8)

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6d

Part of dinner is Ottoman dish (7)

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7d

Perhaps gazelles asleep, not jumping around (9)

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8d

Weary and tense, anger beginning to dissipate (5)

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14d

Wrestling take-down grips old martial art (3,4,2)

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16d

They test former American pit workers (9)

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17d

Clean energy source success Democrat very much misunderstood at first (4,4)

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19d

Cut down river crossing, having advanced earlier (7)

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21d

Nearly sober, lacking any boundaries, you might get this pierced (7)

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22d

Conservative remains popular, making profit (4,2)

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23d

Refers to views on the radio (5)

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25d

Yellowish-green river leaves boy wanting more (5)

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