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Friday, 12th December 2025

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Friday, 12th December 2025. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Dispute some rock music parts being recycled?	SCRAP METAL
AAcross 6:	Supermarket perhaps with no parking sign
AAcross 9:	Drink stain can start to irk
AAcross 10:	Family member eats lean dairy product
AAcross 12:	All the countries with capitals equalling the French one	UNITED NATIONS
AAcross 14:	Linked with Spain, circle dancing keeps tango thrilling
AAcross 15:	One makes less on paper when one's working
AAcross 17:	Articulated components of flight goggles
AAcross 19:	Familiar place name announcing its "greater peel"?	BIG APPLE
AAcross 21:	Little rooster eating spread I will give dog	COCKER SPANIEL
AAcross 24:	Go slowly and take in banks of Loire
AAcross 25:	Fired from editing when drunk
AAcross 26:	Veto daughter, shortly 19, consuming Ecstasy
AAcross 27:	Politician taking on dealer in intoxicating substances
DDown 1:	Half the house is ringing me up
DDown 2:	Overture not very organised – sort out another way
DDown 3:	Air-kiss, welcoming a popular contemporary followed by bore	PAIN IN THE NECK
DDown 4:	Wide-ranging passage from "Arrivederci, Med" I penned when heading north
DDown 5:	Topless vicar causes offence
DDown 7:	Say setter put in sexy clues, finally something to chew on	HOT DOGS
DDown 8:	Twist broadcast presenting driver's point of view
DDown 11:	Medical worker, a Latino travelling worldwide?
DDown 13:	Abused rep over crop being in seed
DDown 16:	Going through Serengeti, ram is unwavering – a course requiring spirit?
DDown 18:	Move to secure university that offers lots to pick up
DDown 20:	Wise to be well-mannered – scratching bottom, yours truly gets caught
DDown 22:	Rude old boy's missed part of act
DDown 23:	Eve's first/last sanctuary?

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