Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3337

2025-10-05

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Across

8a

Talk about small herb (7)

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10a

Roll filled with a chicken from the oven, say (7)

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11a

Thinking reviewed later, touring Scottish island (9)

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12a

Pinkish ring returned, one kept (5)

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13a

Mammoth screened by molecular geneticist (5)

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14a

Football team attacking reserves (7)

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17a

Prediction of the war creates wound (7,8)

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19a

Halls bordering American country (7)

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21a

Grating last of cheddar, chopped food surrounding it (5)

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24a

Finished, something for breakfast(5)

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26a

one of those with last drink (7,2)

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27a

State in a doubly awful housing development, originally (7)

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28a

Jazz great playing, yours truly's inspired (7)

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Down

1d

Note tears arising in wind (6)

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2d

Airport built around capital of Ethiopia, African city (8)

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3d

Singer: understand her completely (10)

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4d

Member of secret society for seamen at sea (9)

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5d

Bar where storyteller turned up (4)

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6d

Hot line in forged notes (6)

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7d

Allowed to support steel band (8)

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9d

Certainly ending in Decemberthis period (4)

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15d

Revealing picture finished (3-7)

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16d

Array of stars, fabulous naked, by the sound of it? (5,4)

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17d

Weaken soil breaking land (4,4)

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18d

Croat is perplexed over first of clues in puzzle (8)

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22d

Result when computer program grasped by chicken (6)

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23d

Spoon then is required, first of allto do this? (4)

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25d

Transport exhibition set up (4)

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