Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3006

2019-06-02

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Across

1a

Food store enticed sales all over the shop (12)

flowerflowerflower
9a

Sweet dancer (7)

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10a

Whiskey or biscuit in French house? (7)

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11a

A pint then? Absolutely! (3,4)

flowerflowerflower
12a

Herb consumed by personage, routinely passed to the left (7)

flowerflowerflower
13a

Belief does, perhaps, start to come back (5)

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14a

Scenting nothing evidently, one kept quiet (9)

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16a

Awfully cheap, dime charged (9)

flowerflowerflower
19a

Rusty saw (5)

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21a

Uncoil convoluted thread initially to produce design on floor material (7)

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23a

Cold, wild nature in mythological creature (7)

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24a

After turn of century, end possible contract (2-5)

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25a

Spear papers in river (7)

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26a

Fairly insignificant about king appearing too cute (6-6)

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Down

1d

Choice in flower for supporter (7)

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2d

Ultimately, lucrative work bagged by fat cat (7)

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3d

Refuse unit of column in flier (9)

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4d

Forbidden word of appreciation: I don't like that! (5)

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5d

Loveror crush? (7)

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6d

Hold me aloft and prepare for crash landing! (7)

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7d

Scary part of book, relaxing (5-8)

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8d

Unkind pushing face into grotesque container (13)

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15d

This shows acid, or tin compounds (9)

flowerflowerflower
17d

Last of clues penned by better user of wordplay (7)

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18d

Story a nobleman recited (7)

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19d

Ted isn't merry, he looks down in the mouth (7)

flowerflowerflower
20d

Attempt to grasp old play such as Othello (7)

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22d

Advice, say, to ignore a drunk (5)

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