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Wednesday, 17th December 2025

There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 17th December 2025. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Which might offer exotic pose? Phew!
AAcross 9:	Lincoln Road regularly demeans city
AAcross 10:	Concerning secret exposed
AAcross 11:	Fancy car magazine featuring Golf – a timeless classic	AMAZING GRACE
AAcross 13:	Terrible racket on board airline, time for a bit of playful chat
AAcross 15:	Bishop introduced to sharp German consort
AAcross 16:	Bottled spirit not carrying international basic code
AAcross 17:	Debate Republican beset by fever
AAcross 18:	Provided initial snapshots of fiscal year, somewhat dodgy
AAcross 20:	Back in Florida, Orlando's blossoming
AAcross 21:	How one might be heading into Lea St, Wardlow
AAcross 23:	One looking for just the right amount of exposure at work
AAcross 26:	River Dee flowing over aquatic plant
AAcross 27:	Oddly, she says headland is in painting
AAcross 28:	Identify problem in dosage being dispensed
DDown 2:	Picture Céline finally playing in Vegas
DDown 3:	Work developing Plato's ideas about introduction of Republic	PARADISE LOST
DDown 4:	Timeless Hampshire town a hotbed of revolution
DDown 5:	Lots of dosh riding on the second at Aintree, where it's very dry
DDown 6:	Rum, lager, bed – capital! ...
DDown 7:	... after that, regularly sliced cheese
DDown 8:	Line dances failing at the first attempt
DDown 12:	Talk over conflict engineers new underground network	RABBIT WARREN
DDown 14:	Darwin's ship robbed of British gold coin
DDown 16:	Upright piano in coastal Indian state missing
DDown 17:	Clear Magna Carta embodies strong spirit
DDown 19:	Father taking over castle towers permanently	FOR KEEPS
DDown 22:	A hot area in Syria periodically evacuated – it's a desert
DDown 24:	Mike failing in ethical test
DDown 25:	Sailor exhausted, drained, having a lie-in

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