Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 27th February 2025 There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 27th February 2025. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Wine with queen getting excitedASTIRAAcross 4: Rendered insensible from drinkPLASTEREDAAcross 9: Each tune's different for female singerCHANTEUSEAAcross 10: Crown in charge for subjectTOPICAAcross 11: Order dish up againRESERVEAAcross 12: Trail taking opposite points backSPONSORAAcross 13: File a nail with file, finallyABRADEAAcross 15: Terrible row as ref gives kickFORSWEARAAcross 18: Refusals to accept explosive candidatesNOMINEESAAcross 20: Female entertainer in lounge is harmonisingGEISHAAAcross 23: Wooden ship's prow listedSTILTEDAAcross 24: Grass protecting copper's removed from caseRECUSEDAAcross 26: Rise of Conservative memberCLIMBAAcross 27: Come out and partner is upset!TRANSPIREAAcross 28: Isolate hollow sample, say, in jarSEGREGATEAAcross 29: Looks of male covered in spotsSEEMSDDown 1: Settle in car seat, wrigglingASCERTAINDDown 2: Knocks by back of cricket netsTRAPSDDown 3: Went to bed about worn outRETIREDDDown 4: Victorians, bawdy with empty pious exteriorPRUDESDDown 5: Hatred is over and practically beatenAVERSIONDDown 6: Rubbish lampblack promoted for ink?TATTOOSDDown 7: Recover crew's core – gang on shipREPOSSESSDDown 8: Embellishment of French gold covering clubsDECORDDown 14: Left sweetheart first wearing wedding bandREMAININGDDown 16: Pore over skirt being forward?RE-ADDRESSDDown 16: Pore over skirt being forward?READDRESSDDown 17: Chatted, never getting upset about rivalryVENDETTADDown 19: Somebody generous accepts thanksNOTABLEDDown 21: Cuts taxesEXCISESDDown 22: Fancy talk about Republican's endORNATEDDown 23: Bags maybe producing sound of instrumentSACKSDDown 25: Show merriment in lips' elevation, initiallySMILE