Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3052

2020-04-19

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8a

Limb almost entirely covered in cooked food served at breakfast (9)

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10a

Climber pocketing gold key (5)

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11a

Site of traffic island for pedestrian (6-2-3-4)

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12a

Nosh very good, feeding me pastry dish (4,3)

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13a

Saying prayers initially, wanderer heading for basilica (7)

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15a

Falling apart after row, her woes compounded (3,5,3,4)

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19a

Label dish with game (7)

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22a

Pride scattering by the wayas tiger appears (7)

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24a

Tragically ma, in truth, I love a drink! (7,8)

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26a

Stand guard over timer (5)

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27a

With lid removed, finished fluid (4-5)

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Down

1d

Prayer leader: you can call me a leader of Muslims (4)

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2d

Beer or punch? (6)

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3d

Rank individual numbers in pieces of music (8)

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4d

Strap yourself in and shut it! (4,2)

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5d

Ultimately, innings do-or-die, unfortunately, for opener (4,4)

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6d

Second wine down (6)

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7d

Length of blade yet to turn up for saw (4)

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9d

Recording of communist bureaucracy (3,4)

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12d

Suit and tie (5)

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14d

By the sound of it, committee nodding off? (5)

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16d

Clear away one side (8)

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17d

Safer net designed for catch, say? (8)

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18d

Old money? Discuss at length (7)

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20d

Flighty animal in house of swine (6)

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21d

Retriever, say, set free in outskirts of Godalming (3,3)

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23d

Stuffed sheep taken over sea (6)

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24d

English isle over a US state (4)

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25d

Some patch I described for mask (4)

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