Telegraph Cryptic Answers

Monday, 29th December 2025

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Monday, 29th December 2025. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	The Met Office?	SCOTLAND YARD
AAcross 9:	Witnessing American teetotal rock star taking drug
AAcross 10:	Board's agreements from Paris and Berlin
AAcross 11:	Threaten chaps and chapesses equally at first
AAcross 12:	Theoretical pamphlet written by able seamen
AAcross 13:	Briefly talk about Olympic event
AAcross 15:	Satirises the French politician over statistical organisation
AAcross 18:	Get rid of wicked, spiteful woman	SHE-DEVIL
AAcross 19:	Politicians confused genres
AAcross 21:	Perhaps gorilla seen in reportedly dull video	GREAT APE
AAcross 23:	Delayed assistance protects leader of Dundee United	HELD UP
AAcross 26:	Answer second query, oddly missing affair
AAcross 27:	Best fruit for boss	TOP BANANA
AAcross 28:	Renaissance man and logical men he upset
DDown 1:	Criticised medium supporting religion? Not I!
DDown 2:	Regularly relent after losing head
DDown 3:	Cassoulet cooked in hopeless endeavour	LOST CAUSE
DDown 4:	Catch part of finger
DDown 5:	Brie and yoga excited Jellystone Park resident	YOGI BEAR
DDown 6:	Perch in river loves deserted spot
DDown 7:	Some chump in a foreign garment
DDown 8:	Grandma determined to head north for French city
DDown 14:	Half of sketch revealed framework
DDown 16:	Smashed no replica china
DDown 17:	Quickly send away detectives before parking at church
DDown 18:	Badly aligns railway component
DDown 20:	Singer very expert, holding a note
DDown 22:	Is rodent turning up bones?
DDown 24:	Hang the pardoned revolutionary guards
DDown 25:	Stone or pearl, evenly cut