Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3164

2022-06-12

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1a

Papa in novel tries wit (6)

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5a

Famous songwriter somewhere in Germany (6)

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10a

Encourage minister in the lead (3,2)

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11a

French food associate fed to pet (9)

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12a

North America circumnavigated by horse in the end (7)

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13a

Number nine, peg between two poles (7)

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14a

Moved to balmier US city (9)

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17a

Country where some fifty Latinos retired (5)

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18a

Delicate material around balloon ultimately burst (5)

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19a

Wild gorilla snatching at reptile (9)

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21a

Slowing down, top dog in the underwear industry? (7)

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23a

Celebrity confined to earth, hot stuff (7)

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25a

To a certain extent, viscount ain't educatedsimple! (9)

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26a

Furious speed passing third on grid (5)

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27a

Monster put on wrapping paper (6)

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28a

Amount of time, very little (6)

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Down

2d

Odd number observed, divided by five (5)

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3d

Super-evil Machiavellian, nasty (9)

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4d

Crudelike metal fasteners? (5)

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5d

Revelation, beautiful woman (9)

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6d

Note held by king changed recording (5)

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7d

Leg in a net, tangled upgraceless (9)

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8d

Porter regularly going over lovely, small building (6)

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9d

Malodorous coloured liquid filling malodorous place (6)

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15d

House, as central, demolished (9)

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16d

Endless fruit and a nut in a stew for primate (5-4)

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17d

One's gin and it designed for drinking, perhaps (9)

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18d

Painful struggles of one expecting work (6)

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20d

Appearing more flushed, running up and down just the same? (6)

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22d

Sweet thing in cakes is needed, getting topping on those? (5)

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23d

Encoding device way above top of mountain (5)

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24d

A bit isolated (5)

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