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Telegraph Cryptic Answers

Wednesday, 13th August 2025
There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 13th August 2025. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Ace coach Newcastle and England both ultimately mistreated
AAcross 5: Maybe Edinburgh Fringe's iron lav – it's backed up
AAcross 9: Small meteor explodes going over southern county
AAcross 10: A national treasure, casual runner not old but advanced!
AAcross 11: Tiddles's tiddle very tiresome, in the end a sore pointPET PEEVE
AAcross 12: Province that is pursued by Romeo?
AAcross 13: Painter's main view?
AAcross 15: Tea time conversation
AAcross 17: Husband abandoning Wharton? Correct
AAcross 19: Woo Betsey, oddly lacking politesse
AAcross 20: Free from former partner, almost completely drained
AAcross 21: A star, Liz regularly has food sent back home to Mozart
AAcross 22: Boris – boundless spirit in the beginning
AAcross 23: Spooner's eaten small rodent in chaotic place
AAcross 24: For example, Grand Hotel each day beginning to screen quiz show
AAcross 25: Lab possibly admitting offence administering drug
DDown 2: Like one of the lads, blow kiss as Connery says
DDown 3: Most inclined, dearest
DDown 4: Reckless individual adjusting road speed
DDown 5: As if Mrs Thatcher turned into a bearer of gifts!FATHER CHRISTMAS
DDown 6: Defame upper-class Conservative entering commerce
DDown 7: Up in Llandudno, bag a V8 Rover
DDown 8: "Is that Sondheim? It's Cyril, Dicky"
DDown 14: Cuddle rep when tipsy? That's not permitted
DDown 15: Cabbage stuffed with cooked hake in mouthCAKE HOLE
DDown 16: Changing key on end of Walküre, epic work by Wagner
DDown 17: Reportedly, I look at various internet sites for items often raised
DDown 18: Put in jail? No sir, Prime Minister, I got totally set up!
DDown 19: An island in the Med, Crete, evacuated in a whim