Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3232

2023-10-01

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Across

7a

Football club magazine (7)

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8a

Imagine striker's back in cup tie, playing (7)

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10a

All there an hour before elevenses, look lively! (10)

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11a

Principal curved structure (4)

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12a

Line of bushes that man would expand round rear of house (8)

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14a

More than one flower is seen around spring (6)

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15a

Achieve great start (3,8)

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19a

Gentle sound when strange drink knocked over (6)

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20a

Radio enthusiast, teen is switching between two sides (8)

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22a

When heinous, autocratic tyrant initially sorry? (4)

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23a

Lost at first, search in a different county (10)

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25a

Block of writing paper, rubbish taped on (7)

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26a

Wine secured by company credit cards (7)

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Down

1d

Carelessly throw away food (7)

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2d

Online item shared, yours truly doubled up (4)

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3d

Run from snake under lid of lunchbox (6)

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4d

Five lines in wood pile (8)

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5d

In disagreement, a certain VAR almost entirely inaccurate (2,8)

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6d

Game often played in white jumper (7)

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9d

Immediately, party hosted by Carol getting hugely out of control (11)

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13d

Common sense, something of concern to elderly people? (4,6)

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16d

A lot unfortunately stolen by king say, very large quantity (8)

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17d

Duck filling in such, new pillow (7)

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18d

Country in a state? (7)

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21d

Steady horses found here (6)

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24d

Gardening implement into which fed small tube (4)

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