Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3036

2019-12-29

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1a

Flashing light set or not, beep occurring intermittently (6)

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4a

Paper supply on time (6)

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8a

A fool shut in the spinning drier (3,5)

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10a

Copper symbolically said farewell (3,3)

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11a

Politician: choice of extremes for Trotsky? (4)

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12a

Superstar finally getting involved, some roles shifted about (4,2,4)

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13a

PM and Queen talk, in series of minor knocks (6-6)

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16a

Secondary aim to revise properties of flying objects (12)

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20a

Roman Catholic in small boat off the Sussex coast? Speedy vessel (10)

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21a

Servant forced to dictate? (4)

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22a

New unit is correctly installed (2,4)

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23a

Wrong and bad, a Spanish dish (8)

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24a

Twenty to elevenconfirmed the later showing ends there (6)

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25a

Tool sellers dropping drink at the front (6)

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Down

1d

When jiggled about, pin set to move! (4,2,2)

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2d

Wobbly old picture (5)

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3d

Baker's mistake? (7)

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5d

Briefly visible through lens, river captured (2,5)

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6d

Horse fed large alcoholic drink, one of those beaten (5,4)

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7d

Six out of nine go, I stayone considers no one else (6)

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9d

Fixed, as nails? Quickly too! (4,3,4)

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14d

Player saw red, one wearing bronze (9)

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15d

Mythical hero being cool in rising water (8)

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17d

Solitary type referring to sign welcoming son (7)

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18d

Normal insect dropping head on flower (7)

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19d

Down perhaps, reckon needing holiday finally (6)

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21d

So-called fundamental state (5)

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