Sunday Telegraph Cryptic No 3316
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This puzzle was published on 11th May 2025
BD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
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Across
7a Event that’s live broadcast in winter month (7)
JAVELIN – An anagram (broadcast) of LIVE inserted in JAN (winter month)
8a Tinier ripples with a resistance to change (7)
INERTIA – An anagram (ripples) of TINIER with A
10a Extended step into squat (6,3)
STRUNG OUT – RUNG (step) inserted into STOUR (squat)
11a Stuff in valley? (5)
GORGE – Stuff with food or a valley
12a Joke finally grasped by you – ha-ha! (2-3)
TE-HEE – The final letter of jokE ‘grasped’ by THEE (you)
13a Go for each one, banking on choice of pizzas? (9)
PEPPERONI – PEP (go) PER (each) I (Roman numeral for one) ‘banking’ ON (from the clue)
15a Authorise payment, it legitimises claims (7)
ENTITLE – Claimed by paymENT IT LEgitimises
17a Failing at romance originally, a crooner (7)
SINATRA – SIN (failing) AT (from the clue) R (Romance initially) A (from the clue)
18a` Without rehearsal, I will turn up on time, and you? (9)
IMPROMPTU – IM (I will) PROMPT (on time) U (you)
20a Money for nan, say? (5)
BREAD – A slang word for money or food of which nan is an example
21a Baku wrong capital ultimately – this capital’s further south (5)
KABUL – An anagram (wrong) of BAKU followed by the ultimate letter of capital
23a Sack a cashier hasn’t closed – that’s not important (9)
BAGATELLE – BAG (sack) A (from the clue) TELLEr (a cashier without the closing letter)
24a Crude oil seen on journey in African city (7)
TRIPOLI – An anagram (crude) of OIL goes on or after TRIP (journey)
25a Winger breaking the whole bone (7)
STERNUM – TERN (winger) ‘breaking’ SUM (the whole)
Down
1d Outrageous where soldiers in the trenches would go (4-3-3)
OVER-THE-TOP – Double definition
2d Edge in tart, say, upturned (6)
FLANGE – FLAN (tart) and a reversal (upturned) of EG (say)
3d Separate relative holding nothing up (8)
UNCOUPLE – UNCLE (relative) ‘holding’ O (nothing) UP
4d Excellent vessel, mine capsized (6)
TIPTOP – A reversal (capsized) of POT (vessel) and PIT (mine)
5d Colour match in ink container (3-5)
PEA-GREEN – AGREE (match) in PEN (ink container)
6d Dawn shortly for sun (4)
STAR – Shorten STARt (dawn)
7d All that’s required – for train journey? (4,3,6)
JUST THE TICKET -An informal expressing or something needed for a train journey
9d A broken man cried over sheets, in hope of equal opportunity (8,5)
AMERICAN DREAM – A (from the clue) and an anagram (broken) of MAN CRIED goes over (in a Down solution) REAM (sheets of paper)
14d Malfunctioning – as might be eyelids? (2,3,5)
ON THE BLINK – Informally malfunctioning or what eyelids do
16d I’m off to do forms and sign on, firstly (6-2)
TOODLE-OO – An anagram (forms) of TO DO, LEO (Sign of the Zodiac) and O (first letter of On)
17d Slow – as a homeless snail? (8)
SLUGGISH – I have seen variations of this clue before but it always makes me smile
19d Originally, press club I gathered open to all (6)
PUBLIC – The original letter of Press and an anagram (fathered) of CLUB I
20d Siberian beer (6)
BITTER – Siberian being a way of describing something very cold’ or beer
22d Cheese turning up in their basket (4
BRIE – Hidden in reverse (turning up) in thEIR Basket
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liked 17D “Slow – as a homeless snail? (8)”