Telegraph Prize Cryptic #31115

2025-12-20

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Across

1a

Actor playing on any screen (4,7)

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7a

Offender, young man, seeing red? (7)

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8a

Almost deadperhaps Dennis suffocates! (7)

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10a

Criminal alarmed new official (8)

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11a

Legendary lover's confession from dealer? (6)

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13a

Belief kids fear outsiders? The opposite! (4)

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14a

Standard outing, I understand (5,5)

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16a

Long-term strategy: smear chap for Spooner (6,4)

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18a

Maybe Billy hid old trousers (4)

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21a

Flier heard couple getting stick, briefly (6)

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22a

QI host and I leave for US city (3,5)

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24a

Company manufactured a nice drug (7)

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25a

Support my explanation for the audience's entertainment (7)

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26a

Some cotton on: part is annoying for neutral (3-8)

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Down

1d

Scoundrel hosting oddly dull do (7)

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2d

Silly sailors for all to see on road (6)

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3d

Fruit, peanut and cola mixed together (10)

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4d

New physio regularly turned up for something to eat (4)

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5d

Agent wasted year framing young girl (8)

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6d

Golly! EU getting reformed may be what's on the table in winter (4,3)

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7d

"Winning daily is dull," I claim initially (11)

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9d

State one blunder in first auction? (6,5)

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12d

Place to buy a jumper? (4,6)

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15d

Telling mum? (8)

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17d

Little against having food first (7)

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19d

Become weaker, and did admit saving energy (3,4)

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20d

Loves a party followed by short sleep? (6)

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23d

Trump slogan with first vowel changed will be great (4)

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