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Friday, 22nd August 2025

There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Friday, 22nd August 2025. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Needle person breaking end off ruler
AAcross 5:	Secluded track from spa unknown tramp ultimately blocks
AAcross 10:	Greatly alter parking during university term	UP-END
AAcross 11:	Anticipate everyone will back team from Nottingham
AAcross 12:	Apple tree Harry regularly recalled in past	BRAMLEY
AAcross 13:	Drunk in this place gives defiant retort	SO THERE
AAcross 14:	Volcanic islands with deep cave meandering river enters	CAPE VERDE
AAcross 17:	Change work period
AAcross 18:	Smears philosopher in speech
AAcross 19:	Brownish-grey goat crackpot chases
AAcross 21:	Uncle, so desperate to get advice
AAcross 23:	Meeting Conservative, Rita is agitated and abusive
AAcross 25:	Spooner's healthy booze one serves just before this	WHITE LINE
AAcross 26:	Book hotel, ignoring photos essentially
AAcross 27:	Cleric describes this writer as humble
AAcross 28:	Stout or wine lady's content to leave
DDown 2:	Patience, say, of Aberdare politician somewhat used up
DDown 3:	Tease sweetheart about grand spent originally for leather items	KID GLOVES
DDown 4:	Stylish new number, except for intro
DDown 5:	Kind of soup that Robin might make?	BIRDS-NEST
DDown 6:	Assume, for sake of argument, foreign banker's appeal
DDown 7:	Actor, great in ad being broadcast
DDown 8:	Stay cold south of that French Canadian region
DDown 9:	About right time to become customer
DDown 15:	Long to secure gold trophy for prickly individual
DDown 16:	Concerning bill, one unexpectedly rising
DDown 17:	Number working were almost set to accept bribe
DDown 18:	Flipping con involving American women's colourful fliers
DDown 20:	Undertake challenge
DDown 22:	Situation understood, we hear
DDown 23:	That girl kept avoiding outsiders, those wearing fleeces?
DDown 24:	Merrymaking in bar over

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