Telegraph Prize Cryptic #31013

2025-08-23

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1a

Actress taking lead aboard explosive vessel (7)

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5a

Old relative in tank going from place to place (7)

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9a

Workers to die, suffering inside? Remedies needed! (9)

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10a

Lives with girl: shares maybe? (5)

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11a

Outing Democratone in restructured party (3,4)

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12a

See 2 Down

13a

Acknowledged grass should cover small garden feature (9)

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16a

Is it extra stout brought in to be selected? (5)

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17a

Article seen with crisis on the horizon (5)

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18a

Comprehensive: where one learns poem shortened by a line (9)

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21a

Petition thus allowable (7)

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22a

Welsh lad around clubs avoiding booze ban (7)

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25a

US agent from Bow in New Orleans initially (5)

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26a

Girl at bar ordered port (9)

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27a

Kept appointment with fate in legendary town (7)

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28a

Manage Ulster county in need of regeneration? (3-4)

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1d

For this person, more difficult to keep nothing (7)

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2d
12a

Lunatic went on Eurostar perhaps for continent early (5,7)

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3d

From this, milk shake Jack leaves (5)

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4d

Poet and blundering scribbler (4-3)

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5d

Nero's sex position 500 came to see? (7)

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6d

Be independenttoo genial potentially (2,2,5)

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7d

Missing persons? (9)

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8d

Time to study the French foot pedal (7)

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14d

Horse carrying large, unusual percussion item (5,4)

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15d

Grey whales perhaps having traditional ideas? (3,6)

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17d

As seen at the start in revised Racine (7)

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18d

Nervoustoo drunk to go to bed? (7)

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19d

I'm singer Justin, dropping an E for supper? (7)

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20d

Dead right legnot right now? (5,2)

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23d

Long time before noon (5)

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24d

Have advantage over United in scoreless game? (5)

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