Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Friday, 28th February 2025 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Friday, 28th February 2025. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Backed up very loudly, creating smokePUFFAAcross 3: Without right, William I's lot obtain neutral territoryNO-MANS-LANDAAcross 9: Course in mythology gets bogged down during lectureSTYXAAcross 10: Thief, grass and long-term felon receiving timeSHOPLIFTERAAcross 11: Common complaint, flipping crude relations being super-coolCOLD WARAAcross 13: Subject in jeans sold a TV set, nothing odd about thatENSLAVEAAcross 14: Hard-headed fuzz stop overlooking outsiders by denDOWN-TO-EARTHAAcross 18: She-Devil broadcast directed in a messDISHEVELLEDAAcross 21: Manage within budget – a repossession's coming aroundOPERATEAAcross 22: Little pickle beginning to grate with that woman's familyGHERKINAAcross 23: Part of a kennel club, perhaps, that's short of members?SAUSAGE DOGAAcross 24: Idle frolics in storeDELIAAcross 25: Campaign with alpha male who has media contacts?PRESS AGENTAAcross 26: King and Queen got out of celebrity-style visitSTAYDDown 1: Information for delivery company engaged in job from ParisianPOSTCODEDDown 2: Tear sock, worn at the bottom and shabbyFLYBLOWNDDown 4: Variant bug originally deletedOTHERDDown 5: Tech giant triumvirate in need of hot growthAPPLE TREEDDown 6: Dairy food that's highly processed?SWISS CHEESEDDown 7: Portion of contemporary art sale's returns missingASTRAYDDown 8: Stewart, say, making a comeback with group somewhere in EnglandDORSETDDown 12: Pay-outs accompanied by article going into slursWITHDRAWALSDDown 15: One comes bearing chocolates for a special dateEASTER EGGDDown 16: Most cracked up as fleapit's opening with funny talkiesFLAKIESTDDown 17: One with depression – it is linked with variable sense of selfIDENTITYDDown 19: Shot on top of second drink causes gasGOSSIPDDown 20: Check for every benefitPERUSEDDown 22: Relative will eat nothing and grumbleGROAN