Telegraph Cryptic Answers

Monday, 3rd November 2025

There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Monday, 3rd November 2025. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 4:	Mangled, headless, star rodeo rider found in arena
AAcross 8:	Evaluate dullards before beginning of semester
AAcross 9:	Is French friend hosting one judge?
AAcross 10:	Dine badly, bile upset: it's not fit to eat!
AAcross 11:	Oil not stirred in moisturiser
AAcross 12:	Colour to get bike in that's used again
AAcross 13:	Former pupils better hidden
AAcross 16:	Prolongs sit-ups, on exercising	SPINS OUT
AAcross 19:	Success other eccentric displays up till now
AAcross 21:	An old frame Charlie's cut for coat
AAcross 23:	Chance to cross a sea for ineffectual person	LAME DUCK
AAcross 24:	Husband to appear twice during saga in odd Asian city
AAcross 25:	Note from singer heard?
AAcross 26:	Egg's first put into a very soft, whipped pile for this sweet	APPLE PIE
DDown 1:	Apart, in the manner shown below
DDown 2:	Lead Sindy astray? It could be lust	DEADLY SIN
DDown 3:	I will get blasé about this woman
DDown 4:	I held on then, with feet broken, as far as you can go	THE END OF THE LINE
DDown 5:	King David's ancestor missing? That's harsh
DDown 6:	Show in Bill, with German following
DDown 7:	Not in company with me? Result!
DDown 14:	Never stopping to entertain British, stiff and formal
DDown 15:	Hotel in Midlands town becomes industrial unit
DDown 17:	Old magazine not down in fight	PUNCH-UP
DDown 18:	Badge has small heart
DDown 20:	Runner put in also, as salad ingredient
DDown 22:	Learn cooking of kidneys