Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Friday, 10th January 2025 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Friday, 10th January 2025. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: River vessel by centre of loch with relative aboardPOTOMACAAcross 5: Heading to port, some called at iconic fortressCITADELAAcross 9: Spinner meets artist of the highest standingTOP-DRAWERAAcross 10: Deck trouble confronting sailorsADORNAAcross 11: Pack of diamonds fellow regularly dropped by baseICE FLOEAAcross 12: Vicar in charge blocks up church openingCREVICEAAcross 13: Guru peels off stickerSUPERGLUEAAcross 16: Distinctive feature of Barbie's letter opener?TOKENAAcross 17: Reds with power adopt a responsible attitudeMAN UPAAcross 18: Love Handles autobiography by bore deliveredSPARE TYREAAcross 21: A lot of Antipodean guards bit fighterMATADORAAcross 22: Fun playing with lute in musicalTUNEFULAAcross 25: Sound hooter across ItalyNOISEAAcross 26: Outward appearance of group getting onPACKAGINGAAcross 27: Manage poetry poet barely comprehendsOVERSEEAAcross 28: Runner obstructed by Mary cycling ... oh no!DEARY MEDDown 1: Yankee suckers Kensit and Cline caught?PATSIESDDown 2: Shelter close to hut with weaponTEPEEDDown 3: Good tooth 60% twistedMORALDDown 4: Hood worn by bishop on the Spanish instrumentCOWBELLDDown 5: Forecaster following Charlie's boatCORACLEDDown 6: Boiler settler stripped at bottom of woodTEA KETTLEDDown 7: Gadget from US state briefly in file on lockerDOOHICKEYDDown 8: Northern bird below city lightLANTERNDDown 14: ID numbers attached to rubbish suit?PINSTRIPEDDown 15: Criminal pair sends speedRAPIDNESSDDown 17: Blokes arrested by London police with old trophyMEMENTODDown 18: Condition of sheep that is at bottom of ditchSCRAPIEDDown 19: Worker with helper bottling cold medicineANTACIDDDown 20: Poem from record carried by electronic signalECLOGUEDDown 23: New song about a South African nativeNYALADDown 24: Blond given last of fizzy SpriteFAIRY