Telegraph Cryptic AnswersFriday, 15th August 2025 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Friday, 15th August 2025. View the answers below.. All Telegraph Cryptic Answers All PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Circumstances support golf, 18 holes to followBACKGROUNDAAcross 6: Perhaps Zatopek first of athletes to leave messageEMILAAcross 10: Excitement of American after little drinkDRAMAAAcross 11: Tucking into fish, sister with drink problemCONUNDRUMAAcross 12: Having married in Exeter, relocating is harshEXTREMEAAcross 13: Plane's greatest height?TREETOPAAcross 14: Opportunities after shock separation for final remarksPARTING SHOTSAAcross 18: Drivers over 70 would certainly want to avoid these?SPEED CAMERASAAcross 21: Tea found in elderly tramp's last informal addressOLD CHAPAAcross 23: Set off home, expected around start of Christmas DayINDUCEDAAcross 24: Overly sensitive person these days will divide small chocolate barSNOWFLAKEAAcross 25: Put up with uni heartlessly stopping popular sandwichBUILTAAcross 26: Noble king plugs couple performing shortlyDUKEAAcross 27: Contemporary student inspired by compiler's means of communicationNEWSLETTERDDown 1: Finances move over timeBUDGETDDown 2: Pure speed, under 100CHASTEDDown 3: Labour overnight move to pursue serious measureGRAVEYARD SHIFTDDown 4: Minor chest rasping constraining those in pitORCHESTRADDown 5: Number ten set up score for nineNONETDDown 7: Relaxed, no harm drinking Tango after a long eventMARATHONDDown 8: Pole developing laptops secures millionLAMPPOSTDDown 9: Stomach expert previously less than clearUNDERSTANDABLEDDown 15: English scoff, entertained by head's lack of self-assuranceNEEDINESSDDown 16: Recommended partner wears beads occasionallyESPOUSEDDDown 17: Stalemate as barber ultimately abandons section of Rasta's hair?DEADLOCKDDown 19: Book clubs cutting trips abroadSCRIPTDDown 20: Rejected current cover of Observer – one could change itEDITORDDown 22: Exercise guru's calmPEACE