Telegraph Cryptic AnswersThursday, 15th May 2025 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 15th May 2025. View the answers below.. All Telegraph Cryptic Answers All PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Adult small cat saved by spare energy drinkASTI SPUMANTEAAcross 9: Salesperson reversing in lane squashed plantPERENNIALAAcross 10: Rage gangsters once vocalisedCRAZEAAcross 11: National game finally hooks Welsh girl?RUSSIANAAcross 12: Powerful card (hearts) secures one victoryTRIUMPHAAcross 13: Swimmer's day on banks of lake aloneLEMON SOLEAAcross 16: Informant recalled catching son leading 11TSARAAcross 18: Least number dispatching iron from UK to USA?WESTAAcross 19: Fresh meat diet's roughESTIMATEDAAcross 22: Mark property in colourSCARLETAAcross 23: Country connecting people so thoughtfullyLESOTHOAAcross 25: Complaint from Sandwich about centre of DealBLEATAAcross 26: One may be saddled with frisky Oscar hereRACE HORSEAAcross 26: One may be saddled with frisky Oscar hereRACEHORSEAAcross 27: Artist covering over the French furniture itemCONSOLE TABLEDDown 1: Clothing article featured in e.g. Google on lineAPPARELDDown 2: Birds in corners caughtTERNSDDown 3: Aware of posted file Anita oddly missedSENTIENTDDown 4: Bloc working to support academic institutionUNIONDDown 5: Growth area 100 per cent of males invested in too muchALLOTMENTDDown 6: IT colleague maybe breaking the iceTECHIEDDown 7: Monkey planet welcoming second alienMARMOSETDDown 8: Creepy sort of child inside shelter on riverLECHERDDown 14: Dame's cut out wineMUSCADETDDown 15: Capsizes clearly identifiable vesselsOVERTURNSDDown 17: Huge success of place keeping potato dish hotSMASH HITDDown 18: Condiment sample from Chiba's awful on reflectionWASABIDDown 20: See cubes that are dotted around old store's wallsDIOCESEDDown 21: Barrel drained by German chap, drunkBLOTTODDown 23: Nearby pub 75 per cent secure ahead of city uprisingLOCALDDown 24: Terrier hoodlums originally steal from poundTHROB