Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3320

2025-06-08

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1a

Violinist's stroke, melancholy weapon (7)

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5a

Beef that brings home endless bacon? (4,3)

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9a

A felonious agent worked for former intergovernmental organisation (6,2,7)

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10a

Formal choice, very old tie, one must be thrown out (4)

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11a

A bit dissociated (5)

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12a

Doing little skid, lecturer's drunk (4)

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15a

King always beside dictionarymight one be ruminating? (3,4)

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16a

Wear article in early summer month for Romeo (3,4)

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17a

Hard filling trench from end to end (7)

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19a

A quid a kiss! (7)

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21a

Defeat right away (4)

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22a

Matter in hanky initially wiped (5)

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23a

Wood half stripped of bark (4)

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26a

A children's game won hands down? (11,4)

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27a

Ridiculous bug traps brother or sister (7)

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28a

Correct fit around bottom (7)

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Down

1d

Free when put down after being picked up (7)

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2d

Run the show, as would American in pants? (4,3,8)

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3d

Cambridge rower perhaps went like the wind, did you say? (4)

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4d

Monster fiction? (7)

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5d

Coin and ruby put in the middle (7)

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6d

Stuff in Seattle observed regularly (4)

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7d

Raucous bird embraced by family, buzzard's ultimate fantasy (5-6-4)

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8d

Solver and setter back cowboy film (7)

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13d

Ousel flying in capital city (5)

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14d

Loudly demand massage (5)

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17d

Athlete taking hour to enter tall building (7)

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18d

Someone held label inside underwear (7)

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19d

Fuddy-duddies, millions say? (7)

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20d

Consider judge allowed to imprison leader of cartel (7)

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24d

Strike iron, say (4)

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25d

Piece of cotton wool, primarily sterilising wounds, afterwards binned (4)

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