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Friday, 8th August 2025

There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Friday, 8th August 2025. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Gervais v Wilde in mental combat?	BATTLE OF WITS
AAcross 8:	Eat this when stoned: halve once and top with odd trimmings
AAcross 9:	Article probes running – become active	ON THE GO
AAcross 11:	Start of tariffs in Korea crushed Eastern growth	OAK TREE
AAcross 12:	Investigated macho guy that is meeting daughter
AAcross 13:	Flipping florid
AAcross 14:	Critical of BBC, I get art show rejected
AAcross 16:	Stars put out by censors?
AAcross 19:	Staff try tropical food
AAcross 21:	Shakespearean king's visiting Italy twice over from another Med country
AAcross 23:	Some cartwheeling fool at ice rink show
AAcross 24:	Most dignified resting place required by saint
AAcross 25:	Original, 20, friend in Paris producing Japanese art
AAcross 26:	Prepare tediously for amateur production	DO-IT-YOURSELF
DDown 1:	Stopped up and watched, seeing Belgium oust Conservative
DDown 2:	Server and host finally tuck into flatfish	TEA TRAY
DDown 3:	Pride participants invented stories about one's son
DDown 4:	They play on Beethoven's overture, each section taking bows
DDown 5:	Women's clubs maybe welcoming French and rubber gear
DDown 5:	Women's clubs maybe welcoming French and rubber gear
DDown 6:	Picked up oolong perhaps old Chinese packed
DDown 7:	Party focusing on economy, reducing employment	LABOUR-SAVING
DDown 10:	Earlier train time's lost million for profitable network?	OLD SCHOOL TIE
DDown 15:	River rose, unexpectedly creating this?
DDown 17:	Twister split, with bother to follow
DDown 18:	Again choose roll laced with a dash – rum etc	RE-ELECT
DDown 19:	Robot possibly in a state, getting cold then hot internally
DDown 20:	Pint? Definitely!	NOT HALF
DDown 22:	Paint pa's dropped or spilled, opening

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