Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3219

2023-07-02

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7a

Newshound referring to carrier (8)

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9a

Antipodean too in French and English (6)

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10a

Relative without a daughter freed (6)

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11a

Artist Samuel's back rubbed (8)

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12a

Battle with new formats prior to start of decisive card game (8,6)

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15a

Girl in form losing lead (4)

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17a

Prompt writer (5)

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19a

Travel by tube? (4)

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20a

Oath or cussbut not bad? (4-6,4)

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23a

Boa perhaps meeting wicked gangster (8)

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25a

Bureau no longer slipping? (6)

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27a

Content of tube fills European river (6)

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28a

Paintings beat film noir? (3,5)

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Down

1d

Poor show (4)

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2d

Problem hosting cricket gameelement likely to react? (6)

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3d

Neat cut (4)

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4d

Revolutionary cares about a dictator (6)

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5d

Sardinian, say, vilified by me? (8)

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6d

Lower chamber in building new, I recall (4,6)

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8d

Annoying editor promises to pay after end of August (7)

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13d

Deal with predicament, stoppage on the way? (7,3)

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14d

General meaning, might that be flaky? (5)

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16d

Level, then winningprepare to fight (6,2)

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18d

Plant where whistler comes into work (7)

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21d

Grey retreat south of meadow (6)

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22d

Possible breakfast chatter (6)

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24d

God in lover, ostensibly (4)

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26d

Valve left out of timer (4)

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