Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 25th October 2023 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 25th October 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: What farm birds eat is peanutsCHICKEN FEEDAAcross 1: What farm birds eat is peanutsCHICKENFEEDAAcross 7: Dotty way of reading books, it's felt?BRAILLEAAcross 8: This could be used to make fools chatter on stageRHUBARBAAcross 10: Divided Conservative and Labour?CLEFTAAcross 11: E.g. Scouse or Glaswegian in charge of philosophical debatesDIALECTICAAcross 12: Harassed husband hurt after wife disappearsHOUNDEDAAcross 14: Wrap up in Sweden's capital, and walk unsteadilySWADDLEAAcross 15: Detective's amongst fans, those appearing without kitNUDISTSAAcross 18: Disheartened Ant or Dec changing styleART DECOAAcross 20: Running away from work wearing silver or gold, sayELOPEMENTAAcross 21: Tesco operatives packaging what's put in ice creamSCOOPAAcross 22: Ale is repeatedly drunk in predominantly Polish regionSILESIAAAcross 23: Admire Rashford's header playing UnitedMARRIEDAAcross 24: Board game piece in drawerDRAUGHTSMANDDown 1: Sight in Versailles – cat on water thereCHATEAUDDown 2: One allowed to catch finale of Jonathan CreekINLETDDown 3: Dad struggling with knee, which is massagedKNEADEDDDown 4: Standard answer for who ruled Britain in AD 1100?NORMANSDDown 5: Joyful, old and superior member of an insect colony?EXUBERANTDDown 6: Doctor article newspaper journalist sketched outDRAFTEDDDown 7: People who finance banks give bribesBACK-HANDERSDDown 9: German composer turned up a piano part with D flatBACHELOR PADDDown 13: Complaint of diner having, say, sipped rumDYSPEPSIADDown 16: Adult leaving El Dorado loaded showed great pleasureDROOLEDDDown 17: That lady gets together with a big noise for affairSHEBANGDDown 18: Try case of assault, arresting tense workerATTEMPTDDown 19: Feeling of ecstasy going?EMOTIONDDown 21: Unruly mob's problem accepting new monarchSCRUM