Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3328

2025-08-03

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1a

Approximate shape for plain brick? (5,7)

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9a

Series of events held on ground, dude entering (9)

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10a

Asian isn't rich as Qatari is, for starters (5)

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11a

They are, almost entirely, shockingly crude (6)

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12a

Canal I've rediscovered in European city (8)

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13a

Player of recordsone of those put on for a special occasion? (6)

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15a

Put on edge, item found in handbag? (8)

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18a

Allow New York Liberal backin one of its boroughs? (8)

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19a

African republic in old money? (6)

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21a

Wisdom required in a business district after slump (8)

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23a

Listener's noticed a crawler on the web? (6)

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26a

Chance totally gone where header missed (5)

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27a

Brainy, smooth sucker (9)

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28a

Excess rage in barking canine (12)

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Down

1d

He dared to sprinkle ginger (7)

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2d

Sore, a little painful, certainly (5)

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3d

Plan finance for car (9)

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4d

Unused, odd parts of mild clue redundant (4)

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5d

Spoil clothes also in orange (8)

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6d

Sound coming from hooter when one pinched (5)

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7d

Warrant contains everything rewritten (8)

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8d

Seize boy after good day (6)

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14d

Third and fourth in field on opening stretch (8)

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16d

Game, beefcake with hot rod? (4,5)

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17d

Fascination lost, "yikes" did you say? (8)

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18d

Commotion as vehicle tilted in and out? (6)

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20d

Cut off a part of the nose (7)

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22d

"Coco" originally, short namefor him? (5)

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24d

Initially dump waterdown here? (5)

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25d

Some scoundrel, I'm pretty loose (4)

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