Telegraph Prize Cryptic #31181

2026-03-07

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Across

1a

Downright dull (4)

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3a

Here peers sit, in Lords, returned to power (10)

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10a

Maoists argued furiously blocking road south (3,6)

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11a

Refrain from church when finally contrite (5)

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12a

Leader of soldiers, given news, means to fight (5)

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13a

See 26 Across

14a

Soused Democrat forced to renounce whiskey (8)

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16a

Look old taking book inside summerhouse (6)

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19a

Rick in Casablanca and Abilene endlessly drunk (6)

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20a

Horrible Gaultier tie (8)

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22a

Top meal without starter succeeded in test (9)

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24a

Where the young go crazy (5)

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26a
21d

South Korean yogi liked nutty 19 Across line for 9 Down (5,7,2,3,3)

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27a

Reptile, one ruling civil contingencies committee (4,5)

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28a

Musician knocks poet capturing hearts (10)

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29a

Olympian from Egyptian port returned (4)

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Down

1d

Shoots game (5)

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2d

Princess tied to rock stars in group (9)

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4d

Proclaimed leader corrupt in high definition! (8)

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5d

Doctor on boat in capital (6)

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6d

Ena holding youngster eats a hot snack (9)

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7d

No serious accident: police initially called (5)

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8d

Time passed with that European card game (6-3)

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9d

Ilsa in Casablanca, Lima and in Berlin (4)

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14d

Libertine in uniform somehow breached walls (9)

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15d

Differences in Nicaraguan rebels crossing street (9)

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17d

Just English left on rising Italian island (9)

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18d

Detectives wait on southern swells (8)

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21d

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23d

Old man covers chest in warm coat (5)

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24d

Fairy Liquid's top removed from bottle (4)

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25d

Wait up to welcome eastern poet (5)

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