Telegraph Quick Answers
Wednesday, 22nd October 2025
There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Quick crossword on Wednesday, 22nd October 2025. View the answers below..
The Answers
| Number# | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| AAcross 1: | Henry David —, US naturalist | |
| AAcross 5: | White fishes | |
| AAcross 8: | Shades; sounds | |
| AAcross 9: | Torment | |
| AAcross 10: | Hit back | |
| AAcross 12: | Mother's ruin | |
| AAcross 13: | Pugilism | |
| AAcross 14: | The BBC, fondly | |
| AAcross 17: | Show assent | |
| AAcross 18: | Without a care | FANCY-FREE |
| AAcross 20: | Tumbler | |
| AAcross 21: | Cuttlefish ink | |
| AAcross 23: | Conan —, author | DOYLE |
| AAcross 24: | Spouse | |
| DDown 1: | Private instructor | |
| DDown 2: | Possess | |
| DDown 3: | Fifth Greek letter | |
| DDown 4: | Optimistic | |
| DDown 5: | Masonic meeting place | |
| DDown 6: | Member of flight crew | |
| DDown 7: | Stillness | |
| DDown 11: | Art of stuffing animals | |
| DDown 13: | Charity supergroup formed in 1984 | BAND AID |
| DDown 15: | Modernist novel | |
| DDown 16: | Telltale | |
| DDown 18: | Myth | |
| DDown 19: | African antelope | |
| DDown 22: | Edible climber |