Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3342

2025-11-09

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7a

Ring in miniature? Yes! (7)

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8a

Cold, like cola I suspect (7)

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10a

Heart for example left, regularly, in part of church (5,4)

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11a

Rule hard to erase from the web (5)

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12a

Principally leviathans, and regular giants, evidentlyso? (5)

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13a

Passage from short story about dancers (9)

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15a

Men's title inspires a little old bullfighter (7)

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17a

After a little time I see a black taxi (7)

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18a

It's normal to screw up vice (6,3)

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20a

Splendid characters bordering on dishonesty? (5)

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21a

Unpopular party in defeat (5)

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23a

With endless ham to cover, men melt processed cheese (9)

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24a

Person held as emcee, mature (7)

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25a

Certainly not for me, English candidate (7)

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Down

1d

Bush perhaps regrown, it's wild (10)

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2d

Marine animal, parasite (6)

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3d

Journalist on 1 Down (8)

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4d

Ray has penned end of prayer, sacred phrase (6)

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5d

He tours, travelling northfrom the opposite direction? (8)

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6d

Symbol in computing, I see, inverted (4)

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7d

Unspecific jumbo, old animal with tusks (6,7)

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9d

You bet I'll belt out song for young children! (6,3,4)

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14d

Worn ticker? (6-4)

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16d

I'd a wound, a long woundslash, say? (8)

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17d

Greek character buried in flash mausoleum, for example (8)

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19d

Player of music thus planting new tree (6)

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20d

Energetic type uplifting legion in effect (6)

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22d

Probe quite stable, though not entirely (4)

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