Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3311

2025-04-06

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Across

7a

Cold: most ice melting on the surface (8)

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9a

A plank on ship (6)

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10a

Come off line: redial anew (6)

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11a

Horse in a grey, luck initially out (8)

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12a

Financial concern about king mucking about (6,8)

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15a

One or two cafe workers, though no corkers! (1,3)

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17a

Refuge required in Tokyo, as I said (5)

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19a

Change hands, switched over (4)

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20a

Error in data entry I spied, not smallrow of figures to look at? (8,6)

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23a

Adorable skill of dog in park? (8)

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25a

Devil appearing like an animal (6)

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27a

Plot in story can help explain my emotions, primarily (6)

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28a

African billionaire gladly provided backing, to some extent (8)

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Down

1d

European staff (4)

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2d

Begin lifting setter: what might setter do? (6)

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3d

Nasty cold consuming kid at first (4)

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4d

Middle Eastern country holding territorials up (6)

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5d

Calm as a silent dove, you might say, bearing north (8)

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6d

Place on racecourse where £1,000 put on hack (10)

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8d

Unlikely youth will lose out over old cry of the hunt (5-2)

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13d

Store lacking in commodities originally overwhelmed by shoplifting, say? (3-7)

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14d

Out of bed and ready for surprise (5)

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16d

Awful, heartless war made a deep impression (8)

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18d

Supporter carrying father up in small plane, say? (7)

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21d

Lead: it could be followed (6)

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22d

Story on drink (6)

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24d

Great being around a source of provocation (4)

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26d

Idle thinker (4)

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