Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3336

2025-09-28

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1a

Vicissitudesof a rollercoaster ride? (3,3,5)

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9a

Various lines with a tag put in binder (10,4)

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11a

Horse tethered by caballero, a nag (4)

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12a

Legally binding, almost everything in film (5)

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13a

Test of reading ancient literature, originally (4)

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17a

Noteone's played (6)

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19a

Stormis that electrical? (6)

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20a

A demonic, warped entertainer (8)

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22a

Tongue rolling over universal medicine briefly (4)

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23a

Agree with friend on conclusion of project (5)

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24a

Lip bitten by worried gentleman (4)

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27a

Unstable nation, something of a split country? (6,8)

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28a

Spotlight something to spend on the theatre (6,5)

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Down

2d

Result of flipping ungainly drop? (7,7)

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3d

Fever indistinct, brow wiped (4)

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4d

Sparkler in a tin made to shake (8)

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5d

Birth at home after transfer set up (6)

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6d

Shaved piece, close (4)

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7d

Average boy after song enters playing instrument (4,2,8)

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8d

Bend clearly awkward for manipulator of abs (5,6)

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10d

Money I say remains on the table? (11)

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14d

Odd letters only, and man goes for proverb (5)

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15d

Five entertained by dance party (5)

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18d

Escallop cooked in crumble (8)

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21d

Bird surviving wife, both with wings clipped (6)

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25d

Joint leader in kart, even after taking a spin (4)

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26d

Article though for neighbour (4)

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