Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 14th January 2025 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 14th January 2025. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Train starts to puff really oddly with constant, strange noisesPROCESSIONAAcross 6: Try second pillSTABAAcross 10: Eloquent university student kept back by group of detectivesLUCIDAAcross 11: Understanding answer as clue, finally, is crackedAWARENESSAAcross 12: Craving yen before getting paidYEARNINGAAcross 13: Bridge crossing island somewhere in EuropeSPAINAAcross 15: Hurtful piece from a newspaper?CUTTINGAAcross 17: What could be seen on admiral's journey east in shipSTRIPESAAcross 19: Farmer might make use of this rat after a change of heartTRACTORAAcross 21: Rate heads of department eventually work forDESERVEAAcross 22: Chicken trapping rook and old wading birdHERONAAcross 24: Military operation affected by American GI returning noteCAMPAIGNAAcross 27: Understanding group of peopleGATHERINGAAcross 28: US writer's tango with Marian regularly ignoredTWAINAAcross 29: Ask a gypsy regularly for commentsSAYSAAcross 30: What we might expect from the government Starmer's in?LEADERSHIPDDown 1: Wan friend with little energyPALEDDown 2: Group of players chat and Roger's upset, abandoning golfORCHESTRADDown 3: Old person in Daniel DerondaELDERDDown 4: Sign of nerves, maybe, Harry has with Charles?SHAKINGDDown 5: Fruit bats go near bottom of plantsORANGESDDown 7: Greek character – he enters dry areaTHETADDown 8: Ben's issues – worrying concernsBUSINESSESDDown 9: Sweets son found in ditchesDESSERTSDDown 14: Food urges following alcoholSCOTCH EGGSDDown 16: Set of books finished after I plannedINTENDEDDDown 18: Piece of text from Standard article put on chartPARAGRAPHDDown 20: Lie about Conservative policyRECLINEDDown 21: Father capturing sorcerer gets harmedDAMAGEDDDown 23: Angry rodent heartlessly shotRATTYDDown 25: Change headgear on animal? Not hard!ALTERDDown 26: Bird wanting tail cut offSNIP