Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3135

2021-11-21

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7a

Strike, touch careless (8)

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9a

Capital invested in exotica, then squandered (6)

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10a

Peninsula in African country refusing leader (6)

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11a

Fancy pants in use, old (8)

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12a

Spread margarine on, and fruit (8,6)

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15a

Edge on front of bowlerthat's it! (4)

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17a

Second hot drink, coffee (5)

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19a

Follow narrative on the radio? (4)

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20a

Perilous arrival, something flipped onto floor at end of flight (7,7)

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23a

Flower father keeps out back, one ending in soil (8)

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25a

Wanderer returned bearing small fruit (6)

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27a

Old country only reforming after evacuation of Chile (6)

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28a

An insect on the move, most cautious (8)

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Down

1d

Society member in black suit (4)

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2d

Saved, source of water and wine (6)

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3d

Dump building outside (4)

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4d

Did he deliver as US novelist? (6)

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5d

One of those roasted in joke? (8)

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6d

Asian individuals coming in from Kolkata, say? (10)

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8d

Equine sheep beyond a mix-up of characters! (7)

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13d

A personal failing, with mistake finally admitted, for high-fliers (10)

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14d

Specific taste of macaroni cheese (5)

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16d

Soldier: I quit legion (8)

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18d

A gang on leave (7)

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21d

Passionate office into music, for example (6)

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22d

Fix pipe supplying water perhaps in field (6)

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24d

Fasten hair (4)

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26d

River of Ukraine seems endless, initially (4)

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