Telegraph Cryptic AnswersWednesday, 31st December 2025 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 31st December 2025. View the answers below.. All Telegraph Cryptic Answers All PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Rodent startled equerry's girlGREY SQUIRRELAAcross 8: Musical number, like one handled sensitively by Hamilton?HAIRPINAAcross 9: One might transport billions in gold to AmericaAUTOBUSAAcross 11: Impressive results of hedging technique?TOPIARYAAcross 12: Pooch runs into my French upper-class young ladyMONGRELAAcross 13: Periodically force down something kept in the fridgeFREONAAcross 14: Hussain famously spurning starter, tucking in to cabbage stewCASSEROLEAAcross 16: Ace dog Daisy is delicately white in colourALABASTERAAcross 19: Sat back around banks of Guangzhou riverTAGUSAAcross 21: Flemish comic in good formHIMSELFAAcross 23: British playwright entertaining Austria's number one artistPAINTERAAcross 24: Cheesy snack, part at the front undercookedRAREBITAAcross 25: Idiotic article retired Leninist exposedASININEAAcross 26: For starters, Brits love cooked pig and duck sausageBLACK PUDDINGDDown 1: Catch sight of curling, limp seafood sandwichesGLIMPSEDDown 2: Clearly describe former lover "not much to look at"EXPLAINDDown 3: Vessel used by sailor for a dry run?SAND YACHTDDown 4: Make harmless peacekeeping troops take year offUNARMDDown 5: Train engineers to tackle revolutionary trade unionRETINUEDDown 6: "Oh take me in your arms!" I say after climbing barrierEMBARGODDown 7: Wife clipped English dad around top of ear for sign of cowardiceWHITE FEATHERDDown 10: Funny Elvis (the King) scene shot round the back of our cinemaSILVER SCREENDDown 15: Dump campaign slogan aimed at cancelling The Met?SCRAPYARDDDown 17: Senior military officer, perhaps a wing commander?ADMIRALDDown 18: Bitter cold after tossing caber first thing in InvernessACERBICDDown 19: Tab/bill Kirstin regularly ignored in the capitalTBILISIDDown 20: Item of underwear found in King St, RingwoodG-STRINGDDown 22: Fake charge by police force upset Putin no endFIT-UP