Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 20th March 2025 There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 20th March 2025. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Send review to upset soul singerSTEVIE WONDERAAcross 9: Fear restricts Gunners backtracking on the ballAWAREAAcross 10: Engineer sour and vulgar, not very chattyGARRULOUSAAcross 11: The Office manager, twit or high-flyer?BRENT GOOSEAAcross 12: Paragraph covers site of the Taj MahalAGRAAAcross 13: Expression of displeasure at showers in Asian countryBAHRAINAAcross 15: My catch hothead oddly ignored went by boatYACHTEDAAcross 17: Will this secure locks in style?HAIRNETAAcross 19: Large stain and inkspots in the middle chaletSPLODGEAAcross 21: Bearing with website that's occasionally unavailableWESTAAcross 22: Daily Telegraph possibly in Universal filmBROADSHEETAAcross 25: Manner of speaking in clue too trickyELOCUTIONAAcross 26: Where damp clothes may be fine? About rightAIRERAAcross 27: Employees who were once exchange students?TELEPHONISTSDDown 1: Bridge partners live for gin!SNAREDDown 2: The writer heard tune that can make you tearyEYESTRAINDDown 3: Rowing about top of nail attached to flesh thus?INGROWNDDown 4: Unlikely to graft plant and first couple of hydrangeasWORK-SHYDDown 4: Unlikely to graft plant and first couple of hydrangeasWORKSHYDDown 5: Refusal in French, one that could be proper or commonNOUNDDown 6: Drawn-out do with teen gal dancingELONGATEDDDown 7: British adult holding snake up, initially by African treeBAOBABDDown 8: One son left with Madeira perhapsISLANDDDown 14: Praise 14lb I drop rapidlyHAILSTONEDDown 16: Viruses needing periods of rest in wintry spellsCOLD SNAPSDDown 17: Boo-Boo Bear regularly seen beside barkHOWLERDDown 18: History misrepresented a little ConservativeTORYISHDDown 19: Mum presently touring Northern Irish riverSHANNONDDown 20: Old flame with a lot of sweet cake and milkEXTORTDDown 23: Losing head, longs for gains by LabourEARNSDDown 24: Gospel line we ultimately contemplateLUKE