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Telegraph Cryptic Answers

Wednesday, 1st October 2025
There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 1st October 2025. View the answers below..
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Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Favourite knocking out United? Forest manager will take care of it
AAcross 4: What rugby ball might hit when it's 24-5
AAcross 9: Good name of seller backed by Gumtree regularly
AAcross 10: Victor, current dodgy ally in crime
AAcross 12: Vessel from Spooner's distant Irish countyCAR FERRY
AAcross 13: Knave chased by a large wild dog
AAcross 15: Novel sales rise with Mel B bookLES MISERABLES
AAcross 18: First tough problem, zero Fahrenheit inside immersion heater!BAPTISM OF FIRE
AAcross 22: Most agreeable French resort – sunlit, deserted
AAcross 24: Tense Republican opposed Ford
AAcross 26: Greenish-blue, strange exterior to independent school here?
AAcross 27: Guess number
AAcross 28: Discuss job and work after utter silenceTALK SHOP
AAcross 29: On the radio, Gong and Snoop
DDown 1: Endless depression over crude plagiarism
DDown 2: Gather leaves together with mePAPER CLIP
DDown 3: Blunt, possibly reacts badly on set at first
DDown 5: Scoff starters of radicchio and linguine when touring Italy
DDown 6: Cook also cut tuna and fruit
DDown 7: Lively British board game
DDown 8: Cavalier maybe, run out close to wary top celebrities
DDown 11: Platitudes from Truss? I'm shocked!
DDown 14: Act right in gym class
DDown 16: Pork pie at hand, pass the time lazilyLIE AROUND
DDown 17: Generous worker supporting sailor and German
DDown 19: Nurse is changing covers
DDown 20: Account from one knight, say
DDown 21: Divide by sixty-one at the end? Tough
DDown 23: Bad-mannered person beginning to criticise cast
DDown 25: Clasp and ring for writer of 15 Across