Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3240

2023-11-26

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Across

1a

Bent over, tropical reptile that's very old (12)

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8a

Area is spread around you, land including Turkey (7)

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9a

Canny washer, say, after bath (7)

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11a

Wind up around Norway originally from Scandinavia (7)

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12a

Sour-tasting stuff and nonsense (7)

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13a

Opening of cabaret with musical host (5)

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14a

Divine Comedy primarily lies, tale made up (9)

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16a

Get involved, as would an actor? (4,1,4)

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19a

Saw somewhat rusty? (5)

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21a

Sampling wine perhaps, it's tipped back passing flavour around (7)

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23a

English university examination (7)

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24a

Sterility in greeting to dancer Kelly, we hear? (7)

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25a

The loos out of order somewhere in Africa (7)

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26a

Special message, a reminder of when delivered? (8,4)

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Down

1d

Terrace queen found in royal museum (7)

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2d

Result, I suspect, more robust (7)

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3d

Series missing in repeated dance (3-3-3)

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4d

Bit of a step up in figures I recall (5)

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5d

Seeds in chickenfeed? (7)

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6d

Folding payment up, could I be? (7)

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7d

Faultless track, musical talent? (7,5)

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10d

Tripe eaten, say, nothing right (12)

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15d

Sideways, last-minute improvement? (9)

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17d

Spear as good in main incursion, initially (7)

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18d

Food that's green fed to insect (7)

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19d

Water gone here? (4,3)

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20d

Article with coloured packaging, spoilt (7)

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22d

Overindulgence does maybe end in sobbing when upset (5)

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