Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3204

2023-03-19

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1a

Bird having fight after fight, aggressive type (11)

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7a

Drink Robespierre's blood, draught knocked back (7)

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8a

Order a stove, installing cooker at the back (7)

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10a

Visionary, I'm a stockbroker? (5)

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11a

Snap cue in indignation, messing up, first of all (9)

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12a

Drive in silence, desperate for a drink (7)

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14a

Train reversing into mobile unit, erroneously (7)

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15a

Seafood or beef, did you say? (7)

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18a

Loamy ground around holy sanctuary of ancient Greece (7)

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20a

Dizzy spell and attack of illness after a sudden change (9)

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21a

Knight and waif flayed in Middle Eastern city (5)

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22a

Concerned with someone offered part for nuclear device (7)

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23a

Rule about central part of locality set straight (7)

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24a

Unexpected blow for straw user? (6,5)

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Down

1d

Luminous ultimately, except when dark (7)

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2d

A Russian river in one sense (5)

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3d

Lesson in English university (7)

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4d

Reportedly, performer delivering monologue in jacket, say? (7)

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5d

Fine to go up? (9)

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6d

Piece on spike for big gun (7)

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7d

Device predicting election, revolutionary more set to engage left or right? (11)

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9d

Detailed account mountaineer fabricated (11)

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13d

Stiff drink required after fluffing of line, lid off cognac! (9)

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16d

Cross appropriate with leader off on donkey (7)

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17d

Plague source unfortunately touring capital in Germany (7)

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18d

Rock formation revealed before harvest (7)

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19d

Press admitting error, not entirely put out (7)

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21d

Sap in cedar essentially drops (5)

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