Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3201

2023-02-26

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8a

Note written about a surplus (9)

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10a

Freebooter losing head, furious (5)

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11a

Things wrong with cast: error in group of players (6,9)

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12a

Underwear in record time! (7)

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13a

Superficial swine passing round room (7)

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15a

Giant ear can flap in the winds (7,8)

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19a

On being consumed by deluge, flattened (7)

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22a

Giant back in pig, returned (7)

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24a

Unremarkable location of white lines? (6-2-3-4)

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26a

Obscene amount before tax deducted (5)

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27a

Soldier on manoeuvres ever trailing as such (9)

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Down

1d

Teacher I stood up, bit of a looker? (4)

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2d

Indication in slang isn't taken the wrong way (6)

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3d

Demon not proving fiendish in North American city (8)

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4d

Bloomer feeding you to ferocious animals (6)

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5d

I'm a twerp to rectify distortion of science-fiction (4,4)

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6d

Crayon made from petals? (6)

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7d

Giant rolling up a stone (4)

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9d

Sailor in river, airmen flying over (7)

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12d

Crook in workforce? (5)

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14d

Eye ticker (5)

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16d

Hasty touch coming round ends in unfortunate goal (8)

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17d

Binder with uglier tab cut off (8)

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18d

Bitter about a rocker's rival being fashionable (1,2,4)

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20d

Strange issue likely (4-2)

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21d

Hanging head in disgrace, unknown have-nots turned up (6)

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23d

German songs governor listened to? (6)

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24d

Wise guys, most are genuinely ignorant, first of all (4)

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25d

Act the same either way (4)

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