Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 7th January 2025 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 7th January 2025. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Golf club's weight advantageWEDGEAAcross 4: Spooner's suggestion for dog is so longTOODLE-PIPAAcross 9: Someone in hospital maybe following this writer is irritatedIMPATIENTAAcross 10: Now breaking tea cups and saucersCHINAAAcross 11: Errand boy swallowing too much stewPOTTAGEAAcross 12: Sign just the first letter?INITIALAAcross 13: Returning in shuttle to Mercury? Very unlikelyREMOTEAAcross 15: Birds from Portugal sing tune, shivering with temperature droppingPENGUINSAAcross 18: Heavy blow from attractive person cut flowerDISASTERAAcross 20: Worry about flipping raceCAREERAAcross 23: Steal local profitBARGAINAAcross 24: Vertical? JustUPRIGHTAAcross 26: Revolutionary piece of fishing equipment catches bream, primarilyREBELAAcross 27: Found groom his stableESTABLISHAAcross 28: Protected trees held nutsSHELTEREDAAcross 29: Hardy girl embracing time trialsTESTSDDown 1: Spoke quietly with his papa before first of DecemberWHISPEREDDDown 2: Inside potential clothing storeDEPOTDDown 3: Take out old paperEXTRACTDDown 4: The greatest unfinished ancient cityTHEBESDDown 5: Got into bed with a drunkOBTAINEDDDown 6: Missing lounging around toplessLACKINGDDown 7: Old-fashioned, demure Italian wives rejecting outsidersPRIMITIVEDDown 8: Gem Romeo found in ringPEARLDDown 14: One who hoards beer keeping bishop depressedMISERABLEDDown 16: Prolongs periods insideSTRETCHESDDown 17: Animal prevailed here by the sound of itREINDEERDDown 19: Red mark on leg finally went for goodSCARLETDDown 21: Coat, bra, woolly jumper?ACROBATDDown 22: Became needy every now and then supporting clubs?SUITEDDDown 23: Leaders of British archaeological research body support digsBARBSDDown 25: Girl isn't so regularly giving smilesGRINS