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Telegraph Cross Atlantic Answers

Thursday, 16th October 2025
There are 40 across clues and 40 down clues for the Telegraph Cross Atlantic crossword on Thursday, 16th October 2025. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Closing mechanisms
AAcross 6: Dragon that frolicked in the autumn mist
AAcross 10: Aristocrat
AAcross 14: Tomato ____, old side dish served with mayonnaise
AAcross 15: Bushy hairstyle
AAcross 16: Leer
AAcross 17: Adequately fulfilling a function
AAcross 18: Some dark and salty sauces
AAcross 19: ____ hygienist
AAcross 20: Doppelgangers, spitting images
AAcross 22: Phone message
AAcross 23: Gave up
AAcross 24: Possible allergic reaction result
AAcross 26: Fitting measurements
AAcross 29: Stage name
AAcross 33: Blockbusting
AAcross 37: Holland or Hollander, e.g.
AAcross 38: In ____, in coin
AAcross 39: Scrub
AAcross 39: Scrub
AAcross 40: Gothic arch; I've go (anag.)
AAcross 42: With it
AAcross 43: Long longed-for cake
AAcross 45: Back muscle, in short
AAcross 46: Clangers' food, as supplied by a dragon
AAcross 47: Boat's behind
AAcross 48: Saviours
AAcross 50: "May ____ your phone, please?"IUSE
AAcross 52: Dragon's breath?
AAcross 56: Woody's pal
AAcross 59: Disney's Sleeping Beauty dragon
AAcross 63: ____ 51, highly classified Nevada facility
AAcross 64: Operatic highlight, often
AAcross 65: ____ Holder, Brummie singer
AAcross 66: Raise
AAcross 67: CCCP, to the West
AAcross 68: Like the Parthenon, perhaps
AAcross 69: Like a tyre in need of changing, say
AAcross 70: Achieves
AAcross 71: Trap; type of drum
DDown 1: Carry
DDown 2: Athletic ending for "gymn"ASTIC
DDown 3: My Little Pony dragon
DDown 4: In stacks
DDown 5: ____ from a Marriage, 2021 HBO series
DDown 6: "Dunno"
DDown 7: Drones or hubcaps, possibly?
DDown 8: Air or deep-fat cookers, say
DDown 9: Shallow hollow; sofas (anag.)
DDown 10: How to Train Your Dragon dragon
DDown 11: Monster
DDown 12: ____ seeds, source of linseed oil
DDown 13: Sensed
DDown 21: Newspaper worker
DDown 25: Drain
DDown 27: Julia Donaldson's accident-prone dragonZOG
DDown 28: Footballer Heskey or novelist Zola, e.g.
DDown 30: Airport code people (abbr.)
DDown 31: Northern Japanese language hidden in "sprain ulna"AINU
DDown 32: Percolate
DDown 33: Lambs' mums
DDown 34: Agreement
DDown 35: Bora Bora or Borneo, e.g.
DDown 36: Pokémon dragon, known in Japan as LizardonCHARIZARD
DDown 38: Hit the roadSET OFF
DDown 41: Footballing "innovation" from 2019
DDown 41: Footballing "innovation" from 2019
DDown 44: Shiba ____, Japanese dog breedINU
DDown 48: Funeral car
DDown 49: Injured-arm supports
DDown 51: The Hobbit's fire-drake dragonSMAUG
DDown 53: Seedy breakfast for a squirrel?
DDown 54: Mythological princess of Colchis
DDown 55: ____ Dragon, Minecraft boss monster
DDown 56: Gibe; feather part; fish
DDown 57: Excreted compound
DDown 58: Passion
DDown 60: Lean
DDown 61: Listening organs
DDown 62: Cheeky child
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