Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 23rd January 2025 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 23rd January 2025. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Animal in river vessel getting brief tickleHIPPOPOTAMUSAAcross 9: Deer picture finally went right to the gallerySTAGE LEFTAAcross 10: Saw a daughter grow upADAGEAAcross 11: US gamers' SIM scam uncovered every timeAMERICAAAcross 12: Being a snitch for bank job?TELLINGAAcross 13: Glad Harry did get help moving piano outDELIGHTEDAAcross 16: Old Scot selected for hearingPICTAAcross 18: Pull plugPUFFAAcross 19: Paid lip service?KISSOGRAMAAcross 22: Like a lout, lad returning is drunk by British hotelYOBBISHAAcross 23: Steering clear of Aylesbury perhaps in onset of gridlockDUCKINGAAcross 25: Lay in frost alongside deltaHOARDAAcross 26: Loathe article with appallingly mean obitABOMINATEAAcross 27: Wrong note in Shaggy songANYTHING GOESDDown 1: Mostly silence on tape's other halfHUSBANDDDown 2: Serenity as athlete finally stops walkPEACEDDown 3: Holes in sponge on the rocksOPENINGSDDown 4: Musical work in Verona reporters tippedOPERADDown 5: Hospital denied that it used bad mannersATTITUDESDDown 6: Working uniform, blackUSABLEDDown 7: I make 2 for New York dummy?PACIFIERDDown 8: Delay in audition for GravityWEIGHTDDown 14: Craft ale, bit of bubblyLIFEBOATDDown 15: Derive comfort from Spooner's fish pieTAKE HEARTDDown 17: Dealing with tenderTOUCHINGDDown 18: Film some tipsy chocoholicsPSYCHODDown 20: Criminals more self-satisfied if ending on top?MUGGERSDDown 21: Mysterious, like 18 Down?HIDDENDDown 23: Very warm by day, India's cotton fabricDHOTIDDown 24: State of birdbath now occasionally neglectedIDAHO