Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3137

2021-12-05

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Across

1a

River containing 75 per cent of fish, lower (6)

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4a

Difficult situation, conflict, for vessel (6)

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8a

Piece inside hard fruit for hog (8)

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10a

Leave post (3,3)

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11a

Part of blade, yet rotating in saw (4)

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12a

Transcontinental region listed, made blurry (6,4)

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13a

Stroke followed by reversed figuremight there be a comma in there? (9,3)

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16a

Device that decreases pure stress, or otherwise (7-5)

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20a

Particularsof the hokey cokey? (3,3,4)

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21a

Alcoholic tipple left (4)

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22a

Loyal servant wearing skirt? (6)

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23a

Beach behind you, grand (8)

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24a

Lima, an extraordinary capital city (6)

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25a

Soldiers confronting wicked troublemaker (6)

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Down

1d

God: American under clerical council raised to accept one (8)

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2d

By the sound of it, panel fed up (5)

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3d

Person who criticises prison? (7)

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5d

African girl keeping a diary up (7)

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6d

Traveller with black dog (3-6)

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7d

Deny judge employment (6)

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9d

Anything finished? Little following delay, oddly (6-5)

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14d

Layer helping lab test (9)

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15d

Distance set to change over mountains (8)

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17d

New road in London's opening first, say? (7)

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18d

Ultimately, chowder is fish dish (7)

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19d

Weak, working for company? (6)

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21d

What goes into grandpa's tagliatelle? (5)

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