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Telegraph Quick Answers

Friday, 17th October 2025
There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Quick crossword on Friday, 17th October 2025. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Ethnic Middle Easterner
AAcross 3: Beach grit
AAcross 9: Measure heaviness
AAcross 10: Elongated food
AAcross 11: Nightingale, e.g.
AAcross 12: Tell off; telling-off
AAcross 15: Sporting association
AAcross 17: Mystify
AAcross 19: Meeting no resistance
AAcross 21: LP material
AAcross 23: Wipe out
AAcross 24: Part of coat
AAcross 25: Every one
AAcross 26: Gag
DDown 1: Elk rests (anag.)
DDown 2: Come back
DDown 4: Off course
DDown 5: Fade away
DDown 6: Seaside projection
DDown 7: Mule or moccasin?
DDown 8: One from Phuket or Koh Samui?
DDown 13: Use hands (anag.)
DDown 14: TieDEAD HEAT
DDown 16: Four-stringed instrument
DDown 18: Decorative style for tiles, say
DDown 20: Strait-laced
DDown 21: Electrical unit
DDown 22: Siestas
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