Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3037

2020-01-05

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Across

1a

Mutual connection in gracious story (11)

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9a

Pose with ten performing old dance (3-4)

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10a

Advertisement featured by flier (6)

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12a

Drop shade with force (7)

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13a

Man bottling wine very early in the morning (7)

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14a

Approach career with it (3-2)

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15a

One pub joining another in welcoming a savage (9)

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17a

Area of expertise for bloke in East Midlands town (9)

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20a

Strong drink (5)

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22a

Enormous junk in attic (7)

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24a

One pulling a fast one, did you say? That's very quick (7)

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25a

Boil half of eggs another way, please (6)

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26a

First language I rejected: Swahili finally embraced (7)

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27a

Engineer: worker needing time on platform (5-6)

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Down

2d

Empire that's been stuffed (7)

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3d

Pure nonsense, board trustworthy (9)

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4d

Greatly enjoy leading Formula One race, say? (3,2)

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5d

Chunky rolls with cheese that's fine and crisp (7)

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6d

Asian craft making capital in central Wyoming (7)

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7d

Change medium, it getting hard for metalworker (11)

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8d

Hand back on pivot (6)

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11d

Suntan I worked on, agony briefly (2,1,8)

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16d

Drop journalist into protest (9)

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18d

A lot, by inference? I don't think so (3,1,3)

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19d

Foil work, perhaps, putting up barriers (7)

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20d

Recognise monarch hunting (7)

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21d

Old hat in good shape for suit, say (6)

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23d

Best put paper under contract at first (5)

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