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Telegraph Cryptic Answers

Wednesday, 24th December 2025
There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 24th December 2025. View the answers below..
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Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Player whose skills are on the slide?
AAcross 6: Picking up slipper, cry weakly
AAcross 9: Sup tea Lucy mashed as a cold remedy
AAcross 10: Strictly's first celebrity turned wide boy
AAcross 12: Reform a law intended to protect the country
AAcross 13: Watering holes visited by my posh, noble lady
AAcross 15: Greek character probing dictionary uncovered nice classical notesCHAMBER MUSIC
AAcross 18: Brutal bomb he detonated, one full of gas
AAcross 21: Make a run for it carrying large old slice of 24 Across?
AAcross 22: Shiny metal taps in front of church
AAcross 24: Young animal's meat for sale – that's heartless
AAcross 25: Did it bring illumination to Aladdin?SPIRIT LAMP
AAcross 26: Estimate cost
AAcross 27: Jealous dad runs Treasury after clearing out political groupGREEN PARTY
DDown 1: Playing Hamlet, tragic role in filmTHELMA
DDown 2: Secret force regularly freed religious sect
DDown 3: Wobbly teeth wobble when punched by left, unfairly so?BELOW THE BELT
DDown 4: Soft leather article topped with downy covering
DDown 5: Banger starts to disturb our good little petSAUSAGE DOG
DDown 7: Beginning to edit first of Sunday papers over a coffee
DDown 8: With aching heart, silk is upset after getting nothing in court
DDown 11: Attic work of literatureROOM AT THE TOP
DDown 14: Last bit of clue: prepare my fancy surface smoother!EMERY PAPER
DDown 16: Spectator, or another weekly publication
DDown 17: Young Simpson collecting daily table of dataBAR CHART
DDown 19: Second husband broadcast quality material
DDown 20: Went over terms of fiscal policy in a thorough manner
DDown 23: Burl Ives oddly partial to this cheese?