Telegraph Cryptic AnswersFriday, 1st August 2025 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Friday, 1st August 2025. View the answers below.. All Telegraph Cryptic Answers All PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Son with access details securing English liquorSLOE GINAAcross 5: Really great editor provides something to kip onSOFA BEDAAcross 9: Dire bar GI renovated for officerBRIGADIERAAcross 10: Oafs in great numbers bored by universityLOUTSAAcross 11: Some deride a sceptic's viewsIDEASAAcross 12: Odd way of talking initially ignored in Morecambe?ECCENTRICAAcross 13: Spying wild ponies inside of cagesESPIONAGEAAcross 16: Note car close to promMINIMAAcross 17: Female eating tips of little carrots sweetlyDOLCEAAcross 18: Cross group of followers east of BuryINTERSECTAAcross 20: Scrounging soldier put in chargePARASITICAAcross 23: Pale grey arsenic layerASHENAAcross 25: Control the course of one on the ranch?STEERAAcross 26: Ducks circling room in airport buildingsTERMINALSAAcross 27: Hardy doctor around half of us experiencedDURABLEAAcross 28: Diet ace blended something coolICED TEADDown 1: Magnificent vehicle turning greenSUBLIMEDDown 2: Pole peeled the setter's fruitOLIVEDDown 3: Ex-PM happy with weightGLADSTONEDDown 4: Sound of hooter one's blockedNOISEDDown 5: Most harsh putting second fool briefly on trialSTRICTESTDDown 6: Force working to apprehend the Spanish crookFELONDDown 7: Colouring option Lee rubs in vigorouslyBLUE RINSEDDown 8: Move quickly on river filming equipmentDASHCAMDDown 14: Softly shifting arboreal white-furred animalPOLAR BEARDDown 15: A knight tipped dram over the French philosopherARISTOTLEDDown 16: Spread of fish trousered by one serving aboard shipMARGARINEDDown 17: Act to retain 75 per cent of mail removed from officeDEPOSEDDDown 19: Enthusiast up regularly in Shiraz countryTUNISIADDown 21: Cancel last parts of dubious Tantric massageSCRUBDDown 22: Special effects embedding golden palace pet onceCORGIDDown 24: Deer full of energy and spiritHEART