Telegraph Cryptic Answers

Thursday, 5th June 2025

There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 5th June 2025. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Bodice from fancy collection
AAcross 5:	Rats quietly landed on board
AAcross 10:	Banish Europeans ingesting 11 litres
AAcross 11:	Went quickly over part for recital
AAcross 12:	Rex perhaps playing in demo
AAcross 13:	Sweetheart accepts need for garment opening
AAcross 14:	Calm allure with sweetheart taking time
AAcross 17:	Cane sugar's first craving
AAcross 18:	Called party's leader past it
AAcross 19:	Lost again, confused, longing for home
AAcross 21:	Cheers with do for wine sampling?
AAcross 23:	Hide in some deserted Greek island
AAcross 25:	Routine job employing first Queen singer
AAcross 26:	Vow by oddly ignored A-list stars
AAcross 27:	Engaged and lost after this compiler
AAcross 28:	Risk irritation following Democrat
DDown 2:	Repeatedly working to install one bulb
DDown 3:	He parades around front line
DDown 4:	Fish smell with head cut off
DDown 5:	Vessel, part submerged, holds up unsupported
DDown 6:	A metal spike lifted vine
DDown 7:	Flash in town, oddly facing suspicion
DDown 8:	Consent for each male before sex
DDown 9:	Fragment is small, as expected
DDown 15:	Unwholesome gas to release around outlet?
DDown 16:	Denied date began badly
DDown 17:	Support of chain's not broken
DDown 18:	School is underlying place for rebellion
DDown 20:	Discrimination is borne by great revolutionary
DDown 22:	Celtic flag hoisted originally
DDown 23:	Strip having ragged edges, detached initially
DDown 24:	Arouse first woman admitting approval