Telegraph Cryptic AnswersFriday, 11th April 2025 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Friday, 11th April 2025. View the answers below.. All Telegraph Cryptic Answers All PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Is scared to play titular Shakespearean characterCRESSIDAAAcross 5: Sorry continent gets 50 per cent reduced fundingAFRAIDAAcross 10: Despotic ruler is evil, their banter staggeringIVAN THE TERRIBLEAAcross 11: Work for almost zero payment ultimatelyPRODUCTAAcross 12: Sheep, perhaps those looking to cross riverGRAZERSAAcross 13: Gross type of celebrity, one believing destiny's inevitableFATALISTAAcross 15: Great PM at one timeMAJORAAcross 18: Notice record temperature, becoming expertADEPTAAcross 20: Band on the radio yearn to introduce swingLONG WAVEAAcross 23: Mad panic gripping old reservists and army officerCAPTAINAAcross 25: Swimmer from country husband visits each yearPIRANHAAAcross 26: Shy person using psychiatrist, not half making bloomerSHRINKING VIOLETAAcross 27: Author for instance with hesistant remarksSAYERSAAcross 28: Anti-corrosive coating left off submarineUNDERSEADDown 1: Texture, say, of cooked duck and game King overlooksCRISPYDDown 2: Fancy beer revolutionary British soldiers gulped downELABORATEDDown 3: Mandarin in a loose jacket, easily removed?SATSUMADDown 4: Remained with German newspaper that is to disappearDWELTDDown 6: Company receiving attention? Maybe it's automaticFIREARMDDown 7: Walk better without frameAMBLEDDown 8: Doctors keeping smaller, but not large, kitchen furnitureDRESSERSDDown 9: Number will stop female getting raiseHEIGHTENDDown 14: State of flooring inside villa is so regularly ignoredILLINOISDDown 16: Young animals Julie, not quite seven, trainedJUVENILESDDown 17: Skinful essentially before Oscars I suspect causes drowsinessNARCOSISDDown 19: Shoe one racehorse needs?TRAINERDDown 21: Military wife right to wear uniformWARLIKEDDown 22: Repeated phrase informant rashly employsMANTRADDown 24: Why it's said informal speaker returns for celebrationPARTYDDown 25: Irreligious old man Harry upsetPAGAN