Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Friday, 7th February 2025 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Friday, 7th February 2025. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Spread half of this on doughBREADTHAAcross 5: Accept orders sent back by baseSWALLOWAAcross 9: Ben perhaps not so animatedSTILLERAAcross 10: Slime coating empty no-good city vesselGONDOLAAAcross 11: Confused mum seen at diversionAMUSEMENTAAcross 12: Drink on conclusion of indecent yarnTWINEAAcross 13: Wife in ruin blown away by daughter's rubbishDRECKAAcross 15: Suffered in hot new red number from the EastUNDERWENTAAcross 17: Loner with pens upset employeesPERSONNELAAcross 19: Drop circuits in auditoriumLAPSEAAcross 22: Guardian article backed by UniteANGELAAcross 23: Aggressive search uncovered localsCOMBATIVEAAcross 25: Vocal piece recalled close child of King MinosARIADNEAAcross 26: Dull visitor from space delivers mass of treesTHICKETAAcross 27: Pale husband ineffectual without first sonHUELESSAAcross 28: Withhold post about product's defining feature?SUSPENDDDown 1: Crane-like bird capsized damn boatBUSTARDDDown 2: Gourmet from English film essentially cancelledEPICUREDDown 3: Idiot that's thrown up energy sweetDOLCEDDown 4: Brightly-coloured king disrobed before queen at homeHARLEQUINDDown 5: Faculty plot reported?SIGHTDDown 6: Relative crossing a river and lake nakedAU NATURELDDown 7: Celebrate popular painting mounted outside of shrineLIONISEDDown 8: Most faint in vigil crowding East StreetWEAKESTDDown 14: Obsessive type climbing outcrop might be learningKNOWLEDGEDDown 16: Range 500 eggs around 50 arachnidsDOLOMITESDDown 17: Oprah had almost upset ruler in the pastPHARAOHDDown 18: Two publications producing musicRAGTIMEDDown 20: Tingling sensation when Romeo's in difficultyPRICKLEDDown 21: From literature before court, Enid's case is builtERECTEDDDown 23: Guard initially brought down gangsCREWSDDown 24: See you and Bill operating systemADIOS