Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3079

2020-10-25

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Across

8a

Country anti-US, I suspect (7)

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10a

Large measure of wine like that in meal he cooked (10)

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12a

Stop working: finished: start playing! (6,2)

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14a

Large number rarely cut back beyond zero (6)

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15a

Americans go wild for old presidential policies (11)

flowerflowerflower
19a

Throaty animal, reportedly? (6)

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20a

Hit by water perhaps, hut behind mountains knocked over (8)

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22a

Originally resembling hairy emu, another flightless bird (4)

flowerflowerflower
23a

Get language absolutely right that's applied digitally (4,6)

flowerflowerflower
25a

Teal wrong, colour changed (7)

flowerflowerflower
26a

Happy matter (7)

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Down

1d

Royal power James abused, treachery in the extreme (7)

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2d

Impulsive eruption (4)

flowerflowerflower
3d

Pure Hispanic has terrific features (6)

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4d

Expand space beneath mess (8)

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5d

Go under: so could swimming dinosaur (10)

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6d

Position a cheek upward, exercising to improve posture etc (7)

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9d

Toss hat in air and lose it? (4,4,3)

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13d

Pick, perhaps, specialised ship (10)

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16d

First of tales penned, author taking a drink (5,3)

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17d

Remarkably hot fluid filling pastry up (3,4)

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18d

Character in power with reason to reform (7)

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21d

Computer showing leg and head (6)

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24d

One instrument having topped another (4)

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