Telegraph Cryptic AnswersWednesday, 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.. All Telegraph Cryptic Answers All PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Ace coach Newcastle and England both ultimately mistreatedABUSEDAAcross 5: Maybe Edinburgh Fringe's iron lav – it's backed upFESTIVALAAcross 9: Small meteor explodes going over southern countySOMERSETAAcross 10: A national treasure, casual runner not old but advanced!JAGGERAAcross 11: Tiddles's tiddle very tiresome, in the end a sore pointPET PEEVEAAcross 12: Province that is pursued by Romeo?QUEBECAAcross 13: Painter's main view?SEASCAPEAAcross 15: Tea time conversationCHATAAcross 17: Husband abandoning Wharton? CorrectEDITAAcross 19: Woo Betsey, oddly lacking politesseCOURTESYAAcross 20: Free from former partner, almost completely drainedEXEMPTAAcross 21: A star, Liz regularly has food sent back home to MozartSALZBURGAAcross 22: Boris – boundless spirit in the beginningORIGINAAcross 23: Spooner's eaten small rodent in chaotic placeMADHOUSEAAcross 24: For example, Grand Hotel each day beginning to screen quiz showEGGHEADSAAcross 25: Lab possibly admitting offence administering drugDOSINGDDown 2: Like one of the lads, blow kiss as Connery saysBLOKEISHDDown 3: Most inclined, dearestSTEEPESTDDown 4: Reckless individual adjusting road speedDESPERADODDown 5: As if Mrs Thatcher turned into a bearer of gifts!FATHER CHRISTMASDDown 6: Defame upper-class Conservative entering commerceTRADUCEDDown 7: Up in Llandudno, bag a V8 RoverVAGABONDDDown 8: "Is that Sondheim? It's Cyril, Dicky"LYRICISTDDown 14: Cuddle rep when tipsy? That's not permittedPRECLUDEDDDown 15: Cabbage stuffed with cooked hake in mouthCAKE HOLEDDown 16: Changing key on end of Walküre, epic work by WagnerALTERINGDDown 17: Reportedly, I look at various internet sites for items often raisedEYEBROWSDDown 18: Put in jail? No sir, Prime Minister, I got totally set up!IMPRISONDDown 19: An island in the Med, Crete, evacuated in a whimCAPRICE