Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3109

2021-05-23

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Across

1a

Expert on defending old fool (7)

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5a

Vagrant longed to tour a county of Ireland (7)

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9a

Device diminishing the writer? (6,9)

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10a

Country that was my autocracy? (4)

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11a

Open mouth consuming first of ripened fruit (5)

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12a

Short message, cute (4)

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15a

Spring exam official in the city? (7)

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16a

Often heroic, opener dismissed (7)

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17a

Expertise for you and I takes two seconds (7)

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19a

Saw covered in roundish marks (7)

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21a

Edible assortment, tasty snacks for starters? (4)

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22a

Massive pair of soldiers (5)

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23a

List in pieces, everyone can see (4)

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26a

Pa miscounted and played joker (5-2,8)

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27a

Substance with large molecules put back on my cut (7)

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28a

Check on boy reversedoutrage (7)

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Down

1d

Religious ceremony requiring bread is held in outskirts of Trondheim (7)

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2d

Aficionado totally fab, so amazing in supporters' game? (7,8)

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3d

US state I see, I love (4)

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4d

Engineer lost in going round route initiallyit's one of two passages (7)

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5d

Fallen container, dry (7)

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6d

Some urchin, a perfect scruff (4)

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7d

Picture where straw house would be after hurricane? (4,4,3,4)

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8d

Generally how 22 Across is perceived? (7)

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13d

Primp up or primp down? (5)

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14d

Residence in Greenland primarily, with little room? (5)

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17d

Fourth Estate prepared for exercise (5-2)

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18d

Item of footwear, skate perhaps? (7)

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19d

Like snakes, four having shed skin inside hole (7)

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20d

Face carrying pot daily (7)

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24d

Spherical food shaped the wrong way (4)

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25d

Greek character in private blew up (4)

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