Telegraph Cryptic Answers

Monday, 27th October 2025

There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Monday, 27th October 2025. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Follow United, twice caught visiting player expected to do well
AAcross 5:	Southern European peninsula, a very cold place
AAcross 9:	Reportedly regret nasty remark – rubbish!
AAcross 10:	Cover sent back, Jane Austen novel in a difficult situation
AAcross 11:	Film allowed one extremely Christmassy decoration
AAcross 12:	Cheer story about drug
AAcross 13:	Get rid of an area of arid land
AAcross 15:	Reptile running at gorilla
AAcross 17:	Leaders nowhere to be seen in nice bland pic from Reykjavík?
AAcross 19:	Surpass former Church of England official, finally
AAcross 22:	Ground covered by renaissance art historian
AAcross 23:	Small press stopping rent rising again
AAcross 25:	Time away from work – regularly sleep in, definitely
AAcross 26:	Icon I've redesigned for Bill
AAcross 27:	Yard workers putting away whiskey deliveries
AAcross 28:	Perfect place for pigs, in truth
DDown 1:	Troublemakers below ship's hull rummage, primarily finding crustaceans
DDown 2:	Mission: Impossible star on Republican warship
DDown 3:	Message upset the setter – then there's trouble
DDown 3:	Message upset the setter – then there's trouble
DDown 4:	Bad credit affected payment method	DEBIT CARD
DDown 5:	Second lazy creep
DDown 6:	Misbehaving lad bitten by dog becomes an American symbol	BALD EAGLE
DDown 7:	Unrestrained, sheep sound tired
DDown 8:	Unprofessional American friend hurt when wings clipped
DDown 14:	Snake you once found on small English waterside building
DDown 16:	Key worker clocks MIT hired guards
DDown 17:	Fish with friend if at all possible
DDown 18:	Previously, nobleman and current king bored by Spain
DDown 20:	Drunk circles clergymen
DDown 21:	Chance to win large aquatic mammal, hairy on the bottom
DDown 23:	Birds share crackers
DDown 24:	Flyer from party before noon

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