Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3302

2025-02-02

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7a

Jetty inspiring individual developer (7)

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8a

Down bird (7)

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10a

King entertained by drunken fop, male perhaps (3,7)

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11a

Food served in brasserie at seven (4)

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12a

Cake entering proceedings in court of justice (8)

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14a

Canine dentist originally found in Dorset town (6)

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15a

One playing in bold team, never going to lose (11)

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19a

Modest bottles with drink (6)

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20a

Leader ruling over Norway, though not absolutely (8)

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22a

God suffering reverses (4)

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23a

Persistent manoeuvres, lovely quality (10)

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25a

Break heart of cohort, lady I fancy (7)

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26a

Peach biscuit (7)

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Down

1d

Prejudice important Tory moves (7)

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2d

Queen Victoria on thin ice, ultimately (4)

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3d

Get back, for example, into water (6)

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4d

Clean round summit in Tibet, each climber (5,3)

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5d

Miserable before arrest, as manual worker (4-6)

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6d

Unfriendly house, way into field (7)

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9d

Magic buzzer for children's competition (8,3)

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13d

Cause of embarrassment, loopy family (6,4)

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16d

Cleric blowing top about pious Greek god (8)

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17d

Old vehicle I love appears in plan (7)

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18d

Huge battle starts to test everyone's resolve (7)

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21d

Electorate strove for reform (6)

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24d

Cooler chip (4)

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