Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3029

2019-11-10

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1a

Definitely not smart to cross river in wood (6,6)

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9a

Criticise grouse meat (5,4)

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10a

Reminiscent of the past, inferior terraced houses, west-facing (5)

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11a

Don't start selling excursion (6)

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12a

Cheese poor, nice crackers (8)

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13a

Turn right entering country (6)

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15a

Making tuneful sound, flashy armour? (8)

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18a

Veterans maintaining good condition in horses (8)

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19a

Engineer beginning on wrong corner (6)

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21a

Best series of deliveries arrive (8)

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23a

Quite strange sending back party food (6)

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26a

Cushion trimmed at the front in many cases (5)

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27a

Alert, looking to pass or shoot? (2,3,4)

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28a

Italian team calling for half-time? (12)

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1d

Squeezed between poles, shaft becomes smaller (7)

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2d

Reply on legislative document (5)

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3d

Showing up late in the evening perhaps, lot of noise generated at first (9)

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4d

Basic construction dropped (4)

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5d

Rocky mineral broken by fine soldier (8)

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6d

What motorist after breakdown might be heard shouting a load? (5)

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7d

Impressive punching (8)

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8d

Food centre stretched to provide tea (6)

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14d

Sergeant doctored substances found in laboratory (8)

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16d

Seers bald, surprisingly clean-shaven (9)

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17d

Flower border: tedious stuff written about that (8)

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18d

Perfect prize scooped by boy (4,2)

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20d

Level he once managed, to inspire learner (7)

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22d

What's carried by responsible type on principle (5)

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24d

I complain endlessly about queen from Basra, say? (5)

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25d

Stop NY baseball team going up (4)

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