Today's The Telegraph Cryptic Puzzle Crossword Clues & Answers

Clues & Answers For The Telegraph Cryptic

(October 30, 2026)

ACROSS

• 1. Shirley Bassey hit redhead restraining elderly female - Crossword Clue
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• 6. European eliminated from Pointless displays intellect - Crossword Clue
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• 10. Key ingredient originally behind British dish - Crossword Clue
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• 11. Musician has theory occasionally about strange tantrum - Crossword Clue
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• 12. Musical prelude, piece inspiring quiet brooding - Crossword Clue
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• 14. Picked up Sir Andy maybe for retirement drink - Crossword Clue
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• 16. Ashes opener spurned by MPs - Crossword Clue
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• 18. Seaside town, Montrose, restrictive over houses - Crossword Clue
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• 20. Mum again is travelling, touring hot city - Crossword Clue
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• 22. Champion, one angry over American getting medal - Crossword Clue
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• 26. Deploy clever Len as message carrier? - Crossword Clue
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• 27. Type of coffee hotel assistant virtually upset - Crossword Clue
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• 28. Discover solace finally by leaving county cricket club - Crossword Clue
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• 29. Coerced student into odd bungee jumping - Crossword Clue
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DOWN

• 1. Journey over huge, endless desert - Crossword Clue
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• 2. Familiar text message by Heather, sitting around lazily - Crossword Clue
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• 3. Dummy, dim on the radio - Crossword Clue
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• 4. Subject concerning the whole country - Crossword Clue
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• 5. Fit conclusion to risqué joke? - Crossword Clue
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• 7. Rough idea of published column - Crossword Clue
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• 8. When playing got runs, it's something you're good at - Crossword Clue
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• 9. Flipping celebrities surrounding international astronaut - Crossword Clue
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• 13. Say gibberish, entertaining new impressions - Crossword Clue
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• 15. Go off having extra pastry - Crossword Clue
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• 17. Journalist was first to support prisoners ultimately in chains - Crossword Clue
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• 19. Gets hold of extremely spreadable preserves - Crossword Clue
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• 21. Cloth Shane is weaving - Crossword Clue
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• 23. Model shown by papers regularly bloated in retirement - Crossword Clue
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• 24. Round on broadcaster Jeremy being sheepish - Crossword Clue
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• 25. Tunesmith uploaded repeatedly vacuous dull sound - Crossword Clue
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