Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3142

2022-01-09

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8a

African native, captive in Mali, one's sensed (7)

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10a

England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are in new country (7)

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11a

Example set as drunk repented, minimum of cognac imbibed (9)

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12a

Signal boxes I relinquish (5)

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13a

Solid performance reflected in score, magnificent first of all (5)

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14a

Team are one short: more than one way back (7)

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17a

Brainiest men cite virtually ludicrous politician (7,8)

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19a

Danseur broken into pieces (7)

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21a

Giants with longer legs oddly invisible (5)

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24a

Decipher joke (5)

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26a

Where Arctic fossils are uniquely preserved? Wrong (9)

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27a

It's not known who wrote that about military decoration etc (3,2,2)

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28a

Bar where trouble curbed by gang (7)

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Down

1d

Miscalculation has kids at school on the rise (4-2)

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2d

Arm unruly mob with rifle (8)

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3d

Decided trim needed when scruffy (10)

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4d

Country welcoming leaders in another leading country (9)

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5d

Lottery result without winner (4)

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6d

Secure judgement, initially forgotten (6)

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7d

Mock rings fit for seller of necklaces etc (8)

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9d

Outbuilding cast aside (4)

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15d

Jack, clubs saymight one be seen on deck? (6,4)

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16d

Fresh grass isn't for bull and goat, say? (4,5)

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17d

Dark grey fish on cabbage, did you say? (8)

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18d

Super huge (8)

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20d

Country united over borders in Guinea? (6)

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22d

Bottom of lass on narrow horizontal surface for ride over snow (6)

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23d

A vessel, not quite shut (4)

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25d

Tightly-packed group never heard? (4)

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