Telegraph Prize Cryptic #31145

2026-01-24

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1a

Game defender with empty gun loaded? (10)

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6a

Millions extracted from newspaper associations (4)

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10a

Allowed to suffer initial deprivation? Shocking (5)

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11a

Preacher lively sort full of charm (9)

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12a

Best study hard to get a grip on English (5)

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13a

Dish in part served with seconds in box (9)

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14a

Asian noodles course greatdaughter tucked in (3,4)

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16a

Enthusiast in protest before noon (5)

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19a

Some extreme talent needed for heavy music (5)

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20a

See 4 Down

22a

Port often chilled from main investor (9)

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26a

Frigg ultimately appears in this swirling vision (5)

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27a

Robin left-wing as Bert's revolutionary (9)

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28a

Flooded? Get wife into a tree (5)

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29a

Oscar cuts into overcooked fish (4)

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30a

Larghetto e capriccioso: tutti? (10)

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1d

Bishop managed church's regional office (6)

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2d

Drinks dispenser Charlie no longer taking three drugs? (6,3)

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3d

Lass circling ancient sea gets first prize (4,5)

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4d
20a

Time gran wasted fixing family image projector (5,7)

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5d

Period in pub with alumnus at first displaying fixation (9)

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7d

Current despondency unending in White House (5)

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8d

Gear sent out for Bilko perhaps (8)

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9d

Games with the French genius on pitch (4)

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15d

His cup landlady emptied in corner bar (4,5)

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16d

Raised velocity on walk in cosmic region (4,5)

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17d

Beastly comment about new diagram in treatise (9)

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18d

Spoilt brat shown on TV (8)

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21d

Artist cold in clear upper air (6)

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23d

Regressing predictably involves drink (5)

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24d

Brill around river area (4)

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25d

Header missed in tight draw (5)

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