Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3271

2024-06-30

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1a

Possible cause of ignition for rocket scientist? (6,5)

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9a

Beardless gent I dressed up describing a jacket (6-8)

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11a

Tug reaching northern settlement (4)

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12a

Empty safe filled with flat tool (5)

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13a

Stable business (4)

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16a

A strange clay pit unlike any others? (8)

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17a

Newspaper reported a bloomer (6)

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19a

Setter with lolling tongue, say, sees snack (3,3)

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20a

Sore calf massaged outside (8)

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22a

Passage from classic, it explains reference (4)

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23a

Old man has requirement for break (5)

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24a

Separate land in Tahiti's legendary (4)

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27a

Present leg? (8,6)

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28a

In cold manner? That's about right! (11)

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2d

Halt protest, standing at end of street (7,7)

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3d

Talk about good jokes! (4)

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4d

Actor, drama ultimately in the turn (8)

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5d

Stick in wages for burlesque (6)

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6d

Concrete in one side of Madrid? (4)

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7d

Alloy seen, a little bendy, three seconds to break it? (9,5)

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8d

Common maiden when shattered grabbing a kip (1,4,1,5)

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10d

Staple on first of contracts in facilitythat should hold the documents (7,4)

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14d

Youth worker down the pit, we hear? (5)

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15d

Top resort's opening on island, Italian 24 Across (5)

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18d

Happy gathering fills bus (8)

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21d

Speculation about name for German composer (6)

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25d

24 Across, heaven on earth originally (4)

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26d

Something positive in case of prodigal American (4)

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