Telegraph Prize Cryptic #3353

2026-01-25

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1a

Not much money for battery charger? (11)

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10a

Number about right for voucher (5)

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11a

Plain entries e.g. to decorate (9)

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12a

Very difficult cryptic clue ran on gas (9)

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13a

Great help fitting heel of actress into footwear (5)

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14a

Container with wine blessed (6)

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16a

Very cold wind in Serbia (8)

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18a

Balloon in space to which sentimentality gets attributed (8)

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20a

Shed circled by swallow, locked (4,2)

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23a

Hair some hairdresser trimmed back (5)

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24a

Retinue of attendants, ten surprisingly born when we were? (9)

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26a

Hairy growth touches man when cut off (9)

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27a

Message a little birdie delivered? (5)

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28a

Poison bear consuming last of venom ingested (11)

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Down

2d

Walker greeting roadside shortly (5)

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3d

Disadvantage with blend in puzzle (7)

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4d

Festival where gourmand absorbs sugar, primarily (6)

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5d

In favour of having revised since describing investigative science (8)

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6d

Make a peer raise the Spanish hat briefly (7)

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7d

But together (2,3,4,4)

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8d

Pleasure-seeker's done this rashly (8)

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9d

On the floor rather, laughing! (7,6)

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15d

Epic duos, when dancing, became intimate (6,2)

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17d

Electrical problem might hurt (5,3)

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19d

Dish is too much when stuck in middle of throat (7)

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21d

American city enthusiastic about welcoming American (7)

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22d

Current way written on paper (6)

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25d

Information in data essentially representative (5)

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