Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 25th January 2024 There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 25th January 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Large spruceTIDYAAcross 3: Rally around crook in charge, like some American politiciansDEMOCRATICAAcross 10: Specialist caught in China let offTECHNICALAAcross 11: Singing group's papers picked upCHOIRAAcross 12: Independent butcher somewhere in the HebridesISLAYAAcross 13: Band securing locks in small barSCRUNCHIEAAcross 14: French officer spread marge, eating leftoverGENDARMEAAcross 16: Floor's regularly dirty in cheap accommodationBEDSITAAcross 19: Published new version of Susie Dent's prefaceISSUEDAAcross 20: Might Cheshire Cat grin so insincerely?CHEESILYAAcross 22: Credit noteATTRIBUTEAAcross 24: Muslim leader in Cuba wandering aroundNAWABAAcross 26: Love neat last letterOMEGAAAcross 27: Quarters? A unit soldiers finally getAPARTMENTAAcross 28: Doctor donates fee for bookEAST OF EDENAAcross 29: Fine wine, unopenedOKAYDDown 1: Everyone playing occasionally taunts twitTUTTIDDown 2: Odd clanks affected area of LondonDOCKLANDSDDown 4: In which partner takes steps to leave you?EXCUSE-MEDDown 5: Bad loser packing in golf – people staringOGLERSDDown 6: Sadly, never once meet againRECONVENEDDown 7: Part of saw's also extremely toughTOOTHDDown 8: Woodworking, find fault with door?CARPENTRYDDown 9: Spite of ambassador cancelling ballENVYDDown 14: Shun support and leave Six Nations team short on energyGO IT ALONEDDown 15: In the morning, man starts to nod off after a coffeeAMERICANODDown 17: Victim of the drink lying on bed?SHIPWRECKDDown 18: Tie essential for Oxford but not WellingtonSHOE LACEDDown 18: Tie essential for Oxford but not WellingtonSHOELACEDDown 21: Kind chap in castHUMANEDDown 23: Reportedly drops BanksTIERSDDown 24: Alliance senator embracesNATODDown 25: Bar put no filling in tatty sandwichBUTTY