Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3306

2025-03-02

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Across

7a

Difficult to get best type of car (7)

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8a

Drift endlessly across free state (7)

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10a

Fortunate hand dealt, prince for example doing very nicely (5,5)

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11a

By the sound of it, unsteady on one's feet for some time (4)

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12a

Irritatingly painful things, second-rate celebrities? (8)

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14a

Town in Brittany offering protection to a bit of a chicken, perhaps? (6)

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15a

On strike, old party not working (3,2,6)

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19a

One slip, no gulley, oddly (6)

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20a

Ruin feathers on trip (8)

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22a

A little larger, heaviest bird unable to take off (4)

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23a

Long fibre wound around opening of wine vessel on dinner table (10)

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25a

Break in: after beautiful paintings perhaps? (4,3)

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26a

Catching cold, a matter for story (7)

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Down

1d

Waterproof prison: horrible inside without roof (7)

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2d

Thought I treasured, briefly (4)

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3d

Sweet thing on holiday: place for driving about (6)

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4d

Range of characters bathe in a fog beneath mountain (8)

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5d

Fed upafter tanning session? (7,3)

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6d

Unfortunate commercial poetry (7)

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9d

Superior left to pay (11)

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13d

Small groups are developing resentful attitude (4,6)

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16d

Shoot fine rope into pieces (4,4)

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17d

Garment near accessory (7)

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18d

Labour admits success not coming as quickly (7)

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21d

Bird caught with hard tug (6)

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24d

Short life that's great imbued with love (4)

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