Telegraph Cryptic Answers

Monday, 4th August 2025

There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Monday, 4th August 2025. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Look of e.g. Telegraph Puzzles feature
AAcross 5:	Snack food from shop Sir Charles brought back
AAcross 10:	Bernstein possibly fat, eating a very long time
AAcross 11:	Unoriginal classical sextet entertained by Guns N' Roses guitarist
AAcross 12:	Time that chap joins band leader once	THE QUEEN
AAcross 13:	Navigator's wild hounds
AAcross 15:	Blast! English dullard makes a bloomer
AAcross 17:	Ray Bradbury edited awful manuscript, initially
AAcross 18:	Italian smoker's name included in letter from abroad
AAcross 19:	Frisky European gent with rice crackers
AAcross 22:	Calm old man pocketing 50 coppers
AAcross 23:	Rich Telegraph compilers are going to fuss	WELL-TO-DO
AAcross 26:	Left-winger, entertaining sort, wrote again
AAcross 27:	Some like bananas or floral arrangement
AAcross 28:	Thin ruminant going around yard
AAcross 29:	Vehicle's reversing around outskirts of Anderlecht ... using this for directions?	SATNAV
DDown 2:	Opening of Pinot wine is an option for a writer
DDown 3:	Band of the Eighties period – Yes
DDown 4:	Roof components free, say, put up by Europeans
DDown 5:	Lolly remains cold on top
DDown 6:	Would-be high-flyer, one given e.g. Mini and Cross Atlantic?
DDown 7:	Most prudish cleric admits biases occasionally
DDown 8:	The scene of a cracking victory over Germany?	BLETCHLEY PARK
DDown 9:	Punk singer – he's an eccentric American clad in coat and dress	SHANE MACGOWAN
DDown 14:	By church, the setter attempts to conserve energy in resting places
DDown 16:	Ancestral ground in English city
DDown 20:	Victorian librettist's awful bilge and vacuous rot
DDown 21:	Pass on very soft starter of escalope or port	DIEPPE
DDown 24:	Eighties band with moment to make a comeback in US city
DDown 25:	Time for landing cod and manta ray? Only the tails are visible	D-DAY

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