Telegraph Cryptic Answers

Monday, 20th October 2025

There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Monday, 20th October 2025. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Rum company's dishonest behaviour	FUNNY BUSINESS
AAcross 9:	Swimmer looking embarrassed with 1980s hairstyle?	RED MULLET
AAcross 10:	Beginning to overreact in charge after good person resigned
AAcross 11:	West London town boring Samantha yesterday
AAcross 12:	Oxford University in news for part of speech
AAcross 13:	German chap saying to leave motorway
AAcross 15:	Bone earl oddly found in soil
AAcross 17:	Boxers maybe going after spicy snacks	HOT DOGS
AAcross 18:	Goes around vacuously giggling student and stares
AAcross 20:	Stop brief jeer in school
AAcross 21:	Bowler's target, getting Leach for one
AAcross 22:	From 11 on the radio, Blur
AAcross 23:	Last of all, pick one lamb moussaka, fab meat dish
AAcross 26:	Tick only half of answer and get complaints
AAcross 27:	Religious leader affected lad with malaria right away	DALAI LAMA
AAcross 28:	Loud, be wrongly arrested and given a second going-over	DOUBLE-CHECKED
DDown 1:	Facing carpeting, as crash-mat might be	FOR THE HIGH JUMP
DDown 2:	Say yes to clothing for Disney character in Toyland
DDown 3:	Uniform worn by surly Tory bothered me	YOURS TRULY
DDown 4:	Fourth strategy when hiding in American hills?
DDown 5:	Really popular mystery essentially – Rendell?	IN TRUTH
DDown 6:	Calm on board Anthea's yacht
DDown 7:	Low instrument could be kind of lower
DDown 8:	Type of crossword clue designed to be hard, generally	ACROSS THE BOARD
DDown 14:	Keen and fit, ask cooks for cutlery item	STEAK KNIFE
DDown 16:	Staff producing bunch of flowers for spellbinding performer?	MAGIC WAND
DDown 19:	Shame footwear is pinching Charlie
DDown 20:	Female upset ring and varnish
DDown 24:	One better than Pink? Cilla perhaps
DDown 25:	Jacob's twin brother occasionally gets gold

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