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Telegraph Cryptic Answers

Friday, 7th November 2025
There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Friday, 7th November 2025. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Shot of rum lovely after some beer ...HALF VOLLEY
AAcross 6: ... possibly a pint and not quite tight?
AAcross 10: One Jerry avoids over in Majorca, the low-cost place to stay?
AAcross 11: Dude with Stetson, say, and sunburn – out of place here?
AAcross 12: Decline to back staff, retaining one that's full of energyGAS MAIN
AAcross 13: Suspicion shellfish collection has put wife out
AAcross 14: Private line needed after unobtainable thereOFF THE RECORD
AAcross 18: Plagiarise Constable as an example, with background drawn in by you onceCOPY AND PASTE
AAcross 21: One's favourite American drive
AAcross 23: Thy son, first appearing in the East?OUR LADY
AAcross 24: Really a rush date to see regular showSOAP OPERA
AAcross 25: Very late, inebriated gentleman's gentleman
AAcross 26: What's miles above capital of Edinburgh?SKYE
AAcross 27: One puts down style used by novelist?
DDown 1: Show of devotion in acquiring a Golf
DDown 2: News of US city trial
DDown 3: Maybe one out of three taking rough side, keeping rightVULGAR FRACTION
DDown 4: Frolicking Mandela – it gets glossed over
DDown 5: E.g. Marathon Man extremely cut up beginning to incite dissatisfaction
DDown 7: Scrap plane, it's wobbling about
DDown 8: Turncoat betrayed a general's part in revolution
DDown 9: Redundant counsellor confirms lunch perhaps with daughter Jordan?BACK-SEAT DRIVER
DDown 15: Put flags down after uplifting talk and disperse
DDown 16: Covers notice about swallowing prunes
DDown 17: Happen to get agitated about this compiler with variable inspiration
DDown 19: Battle at sea – could one reduce suffering?
DDown 20: Enjoys terrifically when it's shelled?
DDown 22: Squalid recording on the radio