Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3179

2022-09-25

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1a

Cord with bits pulled back (5)

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4a

Early spring parade (5)

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10a

Evening wear exactly right, laic surprisingly impressed (4,4)

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11a

Wicked without gaps, did you say? (6)

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12a

Scrabble vowels for team (6)

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13a

Bloke into fruit, foodie (8)

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14a

Sadly, animal knocked over wine (7)

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16a

Game is broadcast in pictures (6)

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17a

Legendary monarch, king in a day (6)

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19a

Vegetable, standard crop (7)

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21a

Clutch very bad, fragile thing (8)

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22a

Thug from Los Angeles in pool (6)

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23a

In a mo, the dancing (2,4)

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24a

Youth in great need, virtually abandoned (8)

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25a

Hidden supply stolen by larcenist, a shame (5)

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26a

Seize unlicensed stock, unloading remaining packages first of all (5)

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2d

Where brew served up to me, or a fancy (3,4)

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3d

Where shelf stackers may be seen, everywhere (3,4,3,4)

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5d

Month before it turns up south of an island (7)

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6d

Tailor shortened tux carried by messenger (9)

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7d

Lack of American sense (4)

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8d

An egg that's scrambled kept by Victor and girl in vessel (9,5)

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9d

Fair promise broken by Liberal, scuffle finally ensuing (6)

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15d

Emergent, a new deal (9)

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18d

Premier League team, neither top nor bottom, fine (6)

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19d

Beer bottles finished off, German exercises (7)

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20d

Good one, sovereign trailblazer (7)

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22d

Upward spin for eye (4)

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