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Telegraph Cryptic Answers

Wednesday, 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..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Rodent startled equerry's girlGREY SQUIRREL
AAcross 8: Musical number, like one handled sensitively by Hamilton?
AAcross 9: One might transport billions in gold to America
AAcross 11: Impressive results of hedging technique?
AAcross 12: Pooch runs into my French upper-class young lady
AAcross 13: Periodically force down something kept in the fridge
AAcross 14: Hussain famously spurning starter, tucking in to cabbage stew
AAcross 16: Ace dog Daisy is delicately white in colour
AAcross 19: Sat back around banks of Guangzhou river
AAcross 21: Flemish comic in good form
AAcross 23: British playwright entertaining Austria's number one artist
AAcross 24: Cheesy snack, part at the front undercooked
AAcross 25: Idiotic article retired Leninist exposed
AAcross 26: For starters, Brits love cooked pig and duck sausageBLACK PUDDING
DDown 1: Catch sight of curling, limp seafood sandwiches
DDown 2: Clearly describe former lover "not much to look at"
DDown 3: Vessel used by sailor for a dry run?SAND YACHT
DDown 4: Make harmless peacekeeping troops take year off
DDown 5: Train engineers to tackle revolutionary trade union
DDown 6: "Oh take me in your arms!" I say after climbing barrier
DDown 7: Wife clipped English dad around top of ear for sign of cowardiceWHITE FEATHER
DDown 10: Funny Elvis (the King) scene shot round the back of our cinemaSILVER SCREEN
DDown 15: Dump campaign slogan aimed at cancelling The Met?
DDown 17: Senior military officer, perhaps a wing commander?
DDown 18: Bitter cold after tossing caber first thing in Inverness
DDown 19: Tab/bill Kirstin regularly ignored in the capital
DDown 20: Item of underwear found in King St, RingwoodG-STRING
DDown 22: Fake charge by police force upset Putin no endFIT-UP