Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 5th February 2025 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 5th February 2025. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Line old Liberal texted, very amusedLAUGHING OUT LOUDAAcross 9: Following American situation, I worry over minor detailsFUSSPOTAAcross 10: English cross with reporters, sayEXPRESSAAcross 11: Where hem is secured, mostlyIN THE MAINAAcross 12: Delivery from Mike, first-class parcel at the rearMAILAAcross 13: Thanks Charlie on Twitch for sweetTIC TACAAcross 15: Busy life next to large town – Kendal perhapsFELICITYAAcross 18: Very sour about inspector estate agent recommends?SURVEYORAAcross 19: Hill area with trailASCENTAAcross 22: Like park signs seen occasionallyAKINAAcross 23: A shade dejected after AugustROYAL BLUEAAcross 26: One runs with wild ass, not finishing for a long timeIRON AGEAAcross 27: Legendary figure who opens mouth to see gold filling?ALI BABAAAcross 28: Instruction to prevent blades from deteriorating?KEEP OFF THE GRASSDDown 1: Bolshevik maybe went firstLEFTISTDDown 2: Go down after winning, dismayedUPSETDDown 3: Join Yankee priest initially interrupting crazy heathenHYPHENATEDDown 4: Spot weight going up? Moderate!NOT BADDDown 5: Shrub nursed by Nicole and EricaOLEANDERDDown 6: "Bootleg": essentially, to copy recordingTAPEDDown 7: Secret agent in actionOPERATIVEDDown 8: Show, detective drama, entertains sonDISPLAYDDown 14: Meat-eater's new tooth briefly beset by painsCARNIVOREDDown 16: Sacked linguist admitting noun is offensiveINSULTINGDDown 17: Surely excited about one's first female pronoun!YOURSELFDDown 18: Host with rose plantSEA PINKDDown 20: Pot and case, loose accessories in BootsTOECAPSDDown 21: Secluded in Grimsby, pathetically small trackBYPATHDDown 24: In Arequipa's first shopping complex, climbing animalLLAMADDown 25: First couple in Harrods look for ringHALO