Telegraph Cryptic Answers

Monday, 15th December 2025

There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Monday, 15th December 2025. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Insect sheltered by cascara buckthorn
AAcross 5:	Desire last of laundry bringing in
AAcross 9:	Phone unwrapped, ring singer in US city
AAcross 10:	Declare around 500, then start to bowl quickly, for example
AAcross 11:	Tech company introduces ostentatiously good English course	APPLE PIE
AAcross 12:	Agitated fellow, one cold outside court
AAcross 13:	Critical part of ball game lay ahead of Mark	SET POINT
AAcross 15:	Wife steering clear of stingers and biters
AAcross 17:	Alpha males will provide the last word
AAcross 19:	Theatre worker who cues more Swift
AAcross 20:	About to visit capital for upper garments
AAcross 21:	Pulp stun with tour attendances
AAcross 22:	Clear and windy when touring lake
AAcross 23:	Smiley, perhaps too nice, running to hug Mike
AAcross 24:	Author's large book about novelist Virginia losing heart	TOM WOLFE
AAcross 25:	Pay for sink
DDown 2:	Police officers surrounding hotel – they're part of a trap
DDown 3:	Wandering carelessly, lost rose
DDown 4:	Safe to hold up Navy flag	BLUE PETER
DDown 5:	What hitch-hiker says getting dropped off? No idea!	YOU&AMP;#039;VE GOT ME THERE
DDown 6:	Maybe beef in wine with marrow	RED MEAT
DDown 7:	Costumier leaving uniform off the rails for wintry weather	ICE STORM
DDown 8:	Betray hired thug guarding rear	GO BACK ON
DDown 14:	Infamous, presumably them drinking old port
DDown 15:	Salieri occasionally strained and impenetrable
DDown 15:	Salieri occasionally strained and impenetrable
DDown 16:	Ghost taps human leaving university? Ludicrous!
DDown 17:	Criminal getting a match on Tinder?
DDown 18:	Election quiz mostly exploits poor Liberal	EXIT POLL
DDown 19:	Artist of note seen accompanying head of Academy in photos

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