Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3144

2022-01-23

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7a

Day proceeds for warship (7)

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8a

Snack, small potatoes (7)

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10a

Every second, a bird comes in dead (9)

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11a

Room in the cooler orchestra originally for stringed instrument (5)

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12a

Basic food, lolly (5)

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13a

Mosquito, say, in open area dancing around lady's head (9)

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15a

Put out about untamed pet crocodile, say (7)

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17a

Intensify a brief moment for lover (7)

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18a

Pour in an Italian drink for starters (9)

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20a

Stage imperfection in audition? (5)

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21a

Narrow part of delta, perhaps (5)

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23a

Eccentric mentions a US state (9)

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24a

Note in dispute lacking content, let down (7)

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25a

Stand in centre, roughly on left (7)

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1d

Delight greeting actor in short (3,3,4)

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2d

Bag cardinal blessed (6)

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3d

State governed the wrong way, alert (8)

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4d

Look to be a noble, did you say? (6)

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5d

Impertinence over Godone might need to put a lid on that! (8)

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6d

Male target in board game? (4)

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7d

Shocked as fat on bread gets spread (13)

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9d

Thin sheet one reveals, the end cut (6,7)

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14d

Person observing Venus perhaps, or Mars, not bothered about Earth initially (10)

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16d

August, and current's rising in force (8)

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17d

Warm in Rhode Island, back bitten by insect (8)

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19d

Person totting up halcyon days? (6)

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20d

Slave put up first of Caravaggios, old painting on wall (6)

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22d

Up towards the sky, very strong smoke (4)

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