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    Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 3rd January 2024

    There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 3rd January 2024. View the answers below..
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    Number# Clue Answer
    AAcross 1: Pop Scotsman composed entertains One DirectionCOMPASS POINT
    AAcross 9: Starters of organic cod eaten – and now the main
    AAcross 10: Setter caught wearing two lingerie items and 100 trinketsBRIC-A-BRAC
    AAcross 11: Return from foolish mooching around capitals in Middle East
    AAcross 12: Dressing always kept by doctor
    AAcross 13: Aiming to get slightly reduced number
    AAcross 15: Reading City mostly overwhelmed by Spanish team
    AAcross 17: Fight participant in pugilism, a tad orthodox
    AAcross 19: More intoxicated after friend gets Italian port
    AAcross 21: Glance from king on throne
    AAcross 22: Eat dessert to start with? This has a nice smell
    AAcross 22: Eat dessert to start with? This has a nice smell
    AAcross 25: Revolutionary Communist Party welcoming call for boldnessDERRING-DO
    AAcross 26: Sub-par performance from hunting dog with no lead
    AAcross 27: Suppose river contains fish one's seen sliding on iceFIGURE SKATER
    DDown 1: 1960s rock band's stuff filled with energy
    DDown 2: Chap I healed with beautiful hands?
    DDown 3: Place to put picture frame for exhibition - it's white
    DDown 4: Maybe top criminal seizing power
    DDown 5: Old hands grasping answer in language exam?
    DDown 6: Wind Harry Potter's friend up before festivalNOR-EASTER
    DDown 7: Joke suitable for all by a Biblical character
    DDown 8: Second husband boarding air-conditioned train
    DDown 14: Mix of dried flowers and grass – chuck it down drain, periodically
    DDown 16: Doctor scowled at sign of fearCOLD SWEAT
    DDown 17: Complaint from old Tory PM clinging on to youth
    DDown 18: Asylum seeker good to enter EU, free to travel
    DDown 19: Playing poker outside empty casino in heat earlier
    DDown 20: Batter in upturned polystyrene pots
    DDown 23: Bad temper shown by fisherman dropping line
    DDown 24: Student that is getting university place
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