Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3186

2022-11-13

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1a

Alcohol taster in audition? (6)

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5a

Titanic could end in tragedy (6)

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10a

Attention-seeker was in front, running well after taking fluid (5)

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11a

Vessel caught by reef, lower potentially (9)

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12a

Company in rush, cause of suffering (7)

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13a

Length, an imperial measure, for cord round neck (7)

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14a

Filthy individual, cause of swine flu in piglets? (9)

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17a

Dignified accent (5)

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18a

Head in order earlier (5)

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19a

Reason one upset with a trial (9)

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21a

Beneficiary back in house after member had dinner (7)

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23a

Surprisingly, heart stolen by you and I in 22 Down (7)

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25a

Aide-memoire about a balance (9)

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26a

Called 'Apennine' finally, mountain group (5)

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27a

Shellfish offering you something that's eaten raw for starters (6)

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28a

Barking threat, barking character? (6)

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2d

Packed White House? (5)

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3d

Wife in nude, rear designed for knickers, say! (9)

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4d

Arm skimmed dessert (5)

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5d

Lower luminosity initially in darkby this (9)

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6d

Common environmentalist (5)

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7d

Cream on fruit for chief (3,6)

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8d

Dinosaur held up by pterodactyl is so fierce (6)

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9d

Inedible food, dog's tea almost entirely a dog's breakfast! (6)

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15d

Oojamaflip, insubstantial and tacky (9)

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16d

Finish in trade for local worker (9)

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17d

Go everywhere with glass firstly (or bottle when drunk) (5-4)

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18d

Contemptible friend, judge (6)

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20d

Number fifty though follows forty-nine, ultimately (6)

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22d

Dance revelation (5)

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23d

Value in know-how, or theory (5)

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24d

Anxious to be perfect, say (5)

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