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Telegraph Cryptic Answers

Tuesday, 23rd December 2025
There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 23rd December 2025. View the answers below..
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Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Left wearing apprentice's suit
AAcross 4: Hooked by peculiar instrumentSNARE DRUM
AAcross 9: Emissary from German city in car with gears oddly missing
AAcross 10: Count it all yourself? Not all
AAcross 11: Try a lure behind tail of trout
AAcross 12: Piece of confectionery, darling?
AAcross 13: Group of detectives in river come to a conclusion
AAcross 15: Reticent about first tennis shot by daughter
AAcross 18: Abandoned novel deters Edward
AAcross 20: Secret place to put your clothes
AAcross 23: Look around rear of hotel for a kipper
AAcross 24: Peer and I were bare, previously
AAcross 26: Particularly cross after eastern craft returned
AAcross 27: Get rid of evil alien I met
AAcross 28: Thought highly of new diet with crepes? Not I!
AAcross 29: Fish disappear after start of season
DDown 1: Punctuation mark needs deleting initially, editor ordered
DDown 2: Out of bed and ready for trouble
DDown 3: Horse crossing motorway twice halted
DDown 4: Insults missing Liberal's spectacles
DDown 5: Stopped a run and relaxed
DDown 6: Radical old male hiding in tree
DDown 7: Gives an account of embracing four nieces?
DDown 8: Beeb only half supporting prime minister, perhaps
DDown 14: These could be used for recording lawsuits about badger's home
DDown 16: Cleaner animal accepting lead from the bloke
DDown 17: Most tipsy maiden retires drunk
DDown 19: Swap Queen record with large crack
DDown 21: Learner driver frets, avoiding wide vehicles
DDown 22: Do ripe bananas stretch?
DDown 23: Salesman's turned up holding a weapon
DDown 25: Photograph part of leg a minx raised