Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Monday, 13th January 2025

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Monday, 13th January 2025. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Desperate option in poor start with many waves?	ANY PORT IN A STORM
AAcross 9:	Force following one entering short route for vehicles
AAcross 10:	Heavy rock more adventurous on the radio
AAcross 11:	Shy men oddly rejected social lubricant	CASTOR OIL
AAcross 12:	Beatle starts to play an unplugged Lucille
AAcross 13:	Physician departs before October, lacking British base
AAcross 15:	Appropriate to face your old secret?
AAcross 18:	Rural air from the east a relative inhales
AAcross 19:	Fine pointer pursuing ptarmigan at last
AAcross 22:	Head of pharmacy and son screening American character in Boots?
AAcross 23:	Not over one jab, yell out for sugar-coated treat	JELLY BEAN
AAcross 26:	Lay magenta mat European's keeping
AAcross 27:	Mountain to go up?
AAcross 28:	Some guys keep saving time after first couple of delays in large shop	DEPARTMENT STORE
DDown 1:	Medicine ad I can't broadcast
DDown 2:	Dines with unknown poet
DDown 3:	Sick of fine Burgundy?	OFF-COLOUR
DDown 4:	Magnate's expression of surprise when carried by river briefly
DDown 5:	Stupid oily nit getting in front of Bobbie Gentry
DDown 6:	Swallow unwanted accompaniment to lettuce?
DDown 7:	Painter's art, seldom moving	OLD MASTER
DDown 8:	Brief time to recover in the right way
DDown 14:	Unwelcome character in Casino, eccentric and sarcastic	CARD-SHARP
DDown 16:	Queen introduced to golf commentator, dropping one small flower
DDown 17:	Officer taking run before noon to get plant
DDown 18:	Praise a lad playing with pup
DDown 20:	Fetching Triumph – problem being picked up
DDown 21:	Prime soccer team?
DDown 24:	Some operator who inspires poetry
DDown 25:	Fruit: prune, it's said