Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3222

2023-07-23

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Across

1a

Reportedly, complaint is bigger (5)

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4a

Put up with criticism (5)

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10a

Country in days gone by having spoken (8)

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11a

French city hardened elderly relative from the Easst (6)

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12a

Captain struggling without a medicinal plant (6)

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13a

Undecided where to send lob? (2,3,3)

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14a

Working as examiner, technique extremely smart (7)

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16a

A simple step down (6)

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17a

So put out about Huddersfield's first result (6)

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19a

Butterfly active in early spring? (7)

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21a

Son with quite awkward request (8)

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22a

Gap in river covered by sand? (6)

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23a

A line bound to be written about Spanish dish (6)

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24a

Awfully mean girl in early stage of development (8)

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25a

Jolly squiffy (5)

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26a

Treasure buried in strange land (5)

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Down

2d

Prophesy fit for change (7)

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3d

Sounds on instrument after you and I hit the bottle (3,4,7)

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5d

Convincing recital (7)

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6d

Check felon's entourage (9)

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7d

Tour could be mistake (4)

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8d

House decoration is done, retiring shattered (8,6)

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9d

Enjoy sauce (6)

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15d

Nice trait, remarkably complex (9)

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18d

Endless charm in friend, certainly not alone (6)

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19d

Feeder fed a head (7)

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20d

Frantic, the race for amount of space (7)

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22d

Snap part of a tree (4)

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