Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3232
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This puzzle was published on 1st October 2023
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Across
7a Football club magazine (7)
ARSENAL – Double definition
8a Imagine striker’s back in cup tie, playing (7)
PICTURE – The ‘back’ of strikeR inserted into an anagram (playing) of CUP TIE
10a All there an hour before elevenses, look lively! (10)
ATTENDANCE – AT TEN (an hour before elevenses) DANCE (look lively)
11a Principal curved structure (4)
ARCH – Double definition
12a Line of bushes that man would expand round rear of house (8)
HEDGEROW – HE’D (that man) GROW (expand) ’round’ the letter at the rear of housE
14a More than one flower is seen around spring (6)
IRISES – IS (from the clue) seen around RISE (spring)
15a Achieve great start (3,8)
GET CRACKING – GET (achieve) CRACKING (great)
19a Gentle sound when strange drink knocked over (6)
MURMUR – A reversal (knocked over) of RUM (strange) RUM (drink)
20a Radio enthusiast, teen is switching between two sides (8)
LISTENER – An anagram (switching) of TEEN IS inserted between L and R (two sides)
22a When heinous, autocratic tyrant initially sorry? (4)
WHAT – The initial letters of When Heinous Autocratic Tyrant
23a Lost at first, search in a different county (10)
LANCASHIRE – The first letter of Lost and an anagram (different) of SEARCH IN A
25a Block of writing paper, rubbish taped on (7)
NOTEPAD – An anagram (rubbish) of TAPED ON
26a Wine secured by company credit cards (7)
PLASTIC – ASTI (wine) inserted into (secured by) PLC (Public Limited Company)
Down
1d Carelessly throw away food (7)
FRITTER – Double definition
2d Online item shared, yours truly doubled up (4)
MEME – ME (yours truly) doubled
3d Run from snake under lid of lunchbox (6)
LADDER – ADDER (snake) goes under the ‘lid’ of Lunchbox
4d Five lines in wood pile (8)
LIMERICK – LIME (wood) RICK (pile)
5d In disagreement, a certain VAR almost entirely inaccurate (2,8)
AT VARIANCE – An anagram (inaccurate) of A CERTAIN VAr – almost telling you to omit the final letter
6d Game often played in white jumper (7)
CRICKET – A game often played in white or an insect that jumps
9d Immediately, party hosted by Carol getting hugely out of control (11)
SNOWBALLING – NOW (immediately) BALL (party) ‘hosted’ by SING (carol)
13d Common sense, something of concern to elderly people? (4,6)
GREY MATTER – Something that might matter to people with grey hair
16d A lot unfortunately stolen by king say, very large quantity (8)
CARTLOAD – A (from the clue) ‘stolen’ by CR (the cipher of our current King) followed by LOAD (a lot)
17d Duck filling in such, new pillow (7)
CUSHION – O (duck) ‘filling’ in an anagram (new) of IN SUCH
18d Country in a state? (7)
GEORGIA – An Eastern European/West Asian country or an American state
21d Steady horses found here (6)
STABLE – Another double definition
24d Gardening implement into which fed small tube (4)
HOSE – Feed S (small) into HOE (gardening implement)