Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3252

2024-02-18

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1a

Thoughts on lack of order in thearchy so unorthodox, nothing taken in (5,6)

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9a

As wind can rise (7)

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10a

Flatter piano given lift (6)

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12a

New edition sure is different, last of three (7)

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13a

Biblical brother embraces suitable leader (7)

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14a

Finger or toe like that thing (5)

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15a

Small car or estate travelling round capital of Wisconsin (3-6)

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17a

Wife, say, or the silly husband Alfred (5,4)

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20a

Bird like a chicken drops head (5)

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22a

Smoker's accessory easier to pick up (7)

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24a

Country in gear, I gathered (7)

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25a

Wasted, as are plums! (6)

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26a

Unabridged, translated to Latin (2,5)

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27a

Call to action in grunt of tennis player? (8,3)

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2d

Remote control wedged in couch and settee (7)

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3d

Carrots he cooked for band (9)

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4d

Subject that's of potential interest, chemistry first of all (5)

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5d

Test odd bits of pollen, for instance (7)

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6d

Stop painting, say, and begin again (7)

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7d

Cross with Los Angeles sketch of underwear? (11)

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8d

What beggar's doing, royally? (6)

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11d

Blue rant in paper's leader unfortunately too rude to publish(11)

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16d

bad last few pages proving vulgar (9)

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18d

Meal eight cooks fed to outsiders in Havana (4,3)

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19d

Metal in concrete touching on part of the eye (7)

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20d

One making corrections, author by the sound of it? (7)

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21d

Accuracy, so nailing it (6)

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23d

Awesome, two straight lines (5)

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