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Tuesday, 28th October 2025

There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 28th October 2025. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Drop head of all work in the theatre
AAcross 4:	Stroke goat then flee
AAcross 9:	Looking good after burn, mate? Not quite!
AAcross 10:	So hot in French church
AAcross 11:	Regularly, Albert ate up chef's food
AAcross 12:	Brief former Conservative leader they'd oddly had faith in
AAcross 13:	Boats keep reversing around eastern half of loch
AAcross 15:	Pieces from scone – it's crumbled
AAcross 18:	Watch faces outside European court for forms of expression
AAcross 20:	Sleep in cosiest attire
AAcross 23:	Essentially, the i Paper put out more content
AAcross 24:	Urge simple changes around university
AAcross 26:	Came to light fire, removing uniform
AAcross 27:	Run into base with new worktop
AAcross 28:	The tea is brewing – son waits
AAcross 29:	Indulge in a fantasy about breaking barrier
DDown 1:	Showed disagreeable illness initially spread
DDown 2:	A bit to one side
DDown 3:	Report about upsetting member of the nobility
DDown 4:	Grooms might accompany these horses maybe south of Belgium
DDown 5:	In concert with one's feet on the ground
DDown 6:	Wear out part of a vehicle
DDown 7:	Unusually fun Scot in social events
DDown 8:	Profit that is left after last of costly diamonds
DDown 14:	Defends Reform MP in chaos
DDown 16:	Seized peculiar instrument	SNARE DRUM
DDown 17:	Most dour novelist's tense
DDown 19:	Clear, detailed recording in hospital department
DDown 21:	Take possession of this writer's money
DDown 22:	Talk about unfinished athletics event
DDown 23:	Prime Minister's passion hard to follow
DDown 25:	Drink some sweet-talker served up

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