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Monday, 8th December 2025

There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Monday, 8th December 2025. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Powerful expert's shabby trench coat
AAcross 6:	Defraud second Conservative politician in Wales formerly
AAcross 10:	Plan service, visiting Didcot on vacation
AAcross 11:	Clarity from occasionally loud police department head
AAcross 12:	Lottery also enthralling married bishop, glad at heart
AAcross 13:	One pound I invested in TSB? I lost capital
AAcross 14:	Vehicle reversed by hot bloke, Home and Away composer
AAcross 18:	At sea, I contact past explorer	CAPTAIN SCOTT
AAcross 21:	Break from driving – it's best after parking	PIT STOP
AAcross 23:	Old seaman holding forth
AAcross 24:	Musicians or socialist backing creative pursuits
AAcross 25:	Patriarch is about to ring recovery group
AAcross 26:	Exam paper for teachers finally out
AAcross 27:	Thin sniper adjusted position, briefly
DDown 1:	To see so far	TO DATE
DDown 2:	Cold Deputy PM is unpleasantly damp
DDown 3:	In Manhattan, Leo reworked country song	NATIONAL ANTHEM
DDown 4:	Ring a good Chinese former Prime Minister	CALLAGHAN
DDown 5:	Sick of regularly stopping at racecourse
DDown 7:	Extremely clever journalist, one you owe something to
DDown 8:	Dogs – mum's pets?
DDown 9:	Management notice cars helping to carry tonnes
DDown 15:	Some branch or agency in Alaskan city
DDown 16:	Assess the potential of octopuses, briefly cooked	SCOPE OUT
DDown 17:	Move from delivery company receiving criticism	UP STICKS
DDown 19:	Hardy novel about international capital
DDown 20:	What might contain soldiers' destination?
DDown 20:	What might contain soldiers' destination?
DDown 22:	Appoint Russian leader	PUT IN

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