Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 22nd January 2025 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 22nd January 2025. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Unfortunately Jay came in late, missing the end of feature filmCALAMITY JANEAAcross 9: Darkly handsome, Corbyn strangely overwhelms oneBYRONICAAcross 10: Retired Arab drinking first coffee made by this person?BARISTAAAcross 11: Wet weather right by road from Newcastle to Alnwick?RAINAAcross 12: Handle First Lady held in both handsLEVERAAcross 13: Bill for the magistrateBEAKAAcross 16: English trees? Nonsense!EYEWASHAAcross 17: Nick caught rodent in schoolSCRATCHAAcross 18: Beginning new climbNASCENTAAcross 21: Former PM, force in development of LabourBALFOURAAcross 23: Recess not approved?NOOKAAcross 24: Female isn't commonly dimFAINTAAcross 25: Halt loads of money going westSTOPAAcross 28: At university, graduate beginning to enjoy higher statusUPGRADEAAcross 29: Pop broadcast lie, fabricatedLIMEADEAAcross 30: VIP battered cane spinnersPRINCESS ANNEDDown 1: Worry about place to put scrap firearmCARBINEDDown 2: State chains wildcatLYNXDDown 3: The Scottish play hard after BTEC and MA churned outMACBETHDDown 4: Small computers Eliot put on boardTABLETSDDown 5: Charlie preserved meatJERKDDown 6: Easy way to identify 30's younger brother in the sauna?NO SWEATDDown 7: Lad from granite city who's quite beefy?ABERDEEN ANGUSDDown 8: Novel, chapter1 p5: "Beast of Whitechapel"JACK THE RIPPERDDown 14: Desert animal arrived then leftCAMELDDown 15: Doctor unwell? That's a bit boringDRILLDDown 19: Sulphur smell here exposed parasiteSPONGERDDown 20: Catch 4 Down reportedly in swingers' barTRAPEZEDDown 21: British/Germanic settlers joined girl bandBANGLESDDown 22: Expose Vogue scandalOUTRAGEDDown 26: Wee child leaving island farmer's storeBARNDDown 27: A sign of submariner surfacing?OMEN