Telegraph Cryptic Answers

Thursday, 4th December 2025

There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 4th December 2025. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Plodding, end traipse shattered
AAcross 6:	Streak live in the morning
AAcross 9:	Dish finished before end of tea
AAcross 10:	Setting off running, snatching record
AAcross 12:	Security of platform on house
AAcross 13:	Give unverified estimate, say, sketchy initially
AAcross 15:	Drink follows almost neat spirit
AAcross 17:	More ragged cheers time before row
AAcross 19:	Swimming round catching fish
AAcross 21:	Gather in a street, resisting
AAcross 22:	Animal, one with fleece first
AAcross 24:	Milan team contains, say, eleven?
AAcross 27:	About in time, fit and willing
AAcross 28:	Wounded, losing head, having weapons ...
AAcross 29:	... aims and kills
AAcross 30:	Dislocated hip, so rests hip replacement?
DDown 1:	Beginning of podcast on the radio
DDown 2:	Detectives daily give vacated release
DDown 3:	Catches bug on board ship
DDown 4:	Brilliant support raised in tirade
DDown 5:	Most copious section of samples taken
DDown 7:	Sweetheart on diet getting cream
DDown 8:	Judge game with artist broadcast
DDown 11:	It could be the main event?
DDown 14:	Possibly go up for prize?
DDown 16:	Crack soldiers providing chill
DDown 18:	Some malign or amusing imbecile
DDown 20:	Prattle about left being more plausible
DDown 21:	Unusually recast second performer
DDown 23:	Bitter, perhaps finding account empty
DDown 25:	Grind empty garden residue
DDown 26:	Occasionally wordless producing poems