Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3250

2024-02-04

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1a

Drink stirred up, taste is drawing chap in (4,8)

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9a

Extravagant player in a female performer (9)

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10a

Rock like that in chest (5)

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11a

Girl playing Hamlet (6)

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12a

Power in a stride that's extraordinary, proceeded on foot (8)

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13a

Swine more foolish? (6)

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15a

Fabulous overhead skill? (8)

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18a

Care shown welcoming 'em, serve tea (2,6)

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19a

Shock when leader of republic enters battle (6)

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21a

Capital that man links, strangely, with capital in Iceland (8)

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23a

Cruel blocking off entrance to theme park? (6)

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26a

New girl, old relative (5)

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27a

Slices of meat, vegetable upon one (9)

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28a

It's titanic, as complicated for data analyst (12)

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Down

1d

Judge runs into a vicious dog, perhaps? (7)

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2d

Mark placed over letter, line in ebbing and flowing waves (5)

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3d

Rough estimates, most arousing (9)

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4d

Some digit I nudged up, whole number (4)

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5d

A horse drives characters mixed up with those? (8)

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6d

Musical instruction that unites those twenty instruments, first of all (5)

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7d

Ironing needing immediate attention (8)

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8d

Commanding figure, champion boxer, say? (3,3)

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14d

Melon is a funny food for puddings (8)

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16d

Plain site, green building (9)

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17d

Speak to jerks after wife, showing chink in armour (4,4)

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18d

What is secured by strap at the back (6)

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20d

Winding force in trio son composed (7)

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22d

Inappropriate forty winks in it (5)

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24d

Perfect oil stirred in garlic dip (5)

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25d

Work on painting initially, American (4)

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