How do I solve 4 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

4 across reads "Sheep fold in front of church – it's not worth much" (8 letters); the answer is TUPPENCE. It's a charade: the answer breaks into parts in clue order, each part clued by a word or short phrase. No indicators needed; watch for standard abbreviations (RA = artist, US = American, IN = at home) and short synonyms. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 8 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

8 across reads "A little aggro overcoming Slot" (6 letters); the answer is GROOVE. It's a hidden-word clue: the answer is spelled out by consecutive letters in the clue itself, often crossing a word boundary. Indicators like 'in', 'some', or 'part of' signal that you're looking at a substring. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 9 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

9 across reads "Around the back of hotel, new dinette given a name" (8 letters); the answer is ENTITLED. It's an anagram clue: the answer is a rearrangement of letters supplied by the clue itself. Look for an indicator like 'mixed', 'broken', 'cooked', or 'wild', and find a phrase whose letters add up to the answer's length. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 10 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

10 across reads "One liable to forget a million counterfeit in case" (8 letters); the answer is AMNESIAC. It's an anagram clue: the answer is a rearrangement of letters supplied by the clue itself. Look for an indicator like 'mixed', 'broken', 'cooked', or 'wild', and find a phrase whose letters add up to the answer's length. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 11 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

11 across reads "Tough guy keeping close to Wimbledon tennis player" (6 letters); the answer is HENMAN. It's a container clue: one word goes inside another. Container indicators include 'in', 'around', 'holding', and 'embracing' — identify the outer word, then the inner piece that gets slotted into it. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 12 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

12 across reads "Potential answer in questionnaire beats me" (4,4 letters); the answer is DONT KNOW. It's a double-definition clue: two separate definitions of the same word sit side by side. No wordplay split and no indicators — both halves of the clue define the answer. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 13 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

13 across reads "Dog show with Winton, possibly on fourth of June" (8 letters); the answer is AIREDALE. It's a letter-selection clue: take specific letters from a longer source. 'First of' means the opening letter, 'extremely' means first + last, 'regularly' means every other letter, 'oddly' / 'evenly' means odd or even positions. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 16 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

16 across reads "I think one mike in rock opera is missing – take heed" (2,2,4 letters); the answer is TO MY MIND. It's a deletion clue: start with a word the clue points to, then drop one or more letters. Indicators include 'endlessly' (lose the last letter), 'beheaded' (lose the first), or 'heartlessly' (lose the middle). The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 19 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

19 across reads "Where gamblers are attracted to young female boxing star" (3,5 letters); the answer is LAS VEGAS. It's a container clue: one word goes inside another. Container indicators include 'in', 'around', 'holding', and 'embracing' — identify the outer word, then the inner piece that gets slotted into it. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 21 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

21 across reads "Could this be standing, mostly, on sculpture's base?" (6 letters); the answer is STATUE. It's a letter-selection clue: take specific letters from a longer source. 'First of' means the opening letter, 'extremely' means first + last, 'regularly' means every other letter, 'oddly' / 'evenly' means odd or even positions. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 23 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

23 across reads "Useless type hit Crouch after header for England" (4,4 letters); the answer is LAME DUCK. It's a letter-selection clue: take specific letters from a longer source. 'First of' means the opening letter, 'extremely' means first + last, 'regularly' means every other letter, 'oddly' / 'evenly' means odd or even positions. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 24 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

24 across reads "Spicy beef is tapas bar's last piece? I'm devastated!" (8 letters); the answer is PASTRAMI. It's a letter-selection clue: take specific letters from a longer source. 'First of' means the opening letter, 'extremely' means first + last, 'regularly' means every other letter, 'oddly' / 'evenly' means odd or even positions. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 25 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

25 across reads "Decorated knight's boring talk" (6 letters); the answer is ORNATE. It's a container clue: one word goes inside another. Container indicators include 'in', 'around', 'holding', and 'embracing' — identify the outer word, then the inner piece that gets slotted into it. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 26 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

26 across reads "Celebrities occasionally singing Aquarius?" (4,4 letters); the answer is STAR SIGN. It's a letter-selection clue: take specific letters from a longer source. 'First of' means the opening letter, 'extremely' means first + last, 'regularly' means every other letter, 'oddly' / 'evenly' means odd or even positions. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 1 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

1 down reads "Constant drinker in the end, this writer's nose mostly turning red" (7 letters); the answer is CRIMSON. It's a letter-selection clue: take specific letters from a longer source. 'First of' means the opening letter, 'extremely' means first + last, 'regularly' means every other letter, 'oddly' / 'evenly' means odd or even positions. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 2 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

2 down reads "Lie with nothing on for picture" (4,5 letters); the answer is LOVE STORY. It's a charade: the answer breaks into parts in clue order, each part clued by a word or short phrase. No indicators needed; watch for standard abbreviations (RA = artist, US = American, IN = at home) and short synonyms. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 3 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

3 down reads "Kindly 6 Down, maybe one with good name" (6 letters); the answer is BENIGN. It's a charade: the answer breaks into parts in clue order, each part clued by a word or short phrase. No indicators needed; watch for standard abbreviations (RA = artist, US = American, IN = at home) and short synonyms. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 4 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

4 down reads "Running wildly, no hero, cat character in film" (3,8,4 letters); the answer is THE COWARDLY LION. It's an anagram clue: the answer is a rearrangement of letters supplied by the clue itself. Look for an indicator like 'mixed', 'broken', 'cooked', or 'wild', and find a phrase whose letters add up to the answer's length. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 5 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

5 down reads "Pressure's on richest out-of-form baseball players" (8 letters); the answer is PITCHERS. It's an anagram clue: the answer is a rearrangement of letters supplied by the clue itself. Look for an indicator like 'mixed', 'broken', 'cooked', or 'wild', and find a phrase whose letters add up to the answer's length. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 6 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

6 down reads "Some misspelt onomatopoeia for John?" (5 letters); the answer is ELTON. It's a hidden-word clue: the answer is spelled out by consecutive letters in the clue itself, often crossing a word boundary. Indicators like 'in', 'some', or 'part of' signal that you're looking at a substring. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 7 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

7 down reads "You may need a rest before you address me" (3,4 letters); the answer is CUE BALL. It's a cryptic definition: the whole clue is a playful or punny description of the answer. No wordplay decomposition to do — read laterally and identify what's being described. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 14 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

14 down reads "Fan tended to dither about one facing allegations" (9 letters); the answer is DEFENDANT. It's an anagram clue: the answer is a rearrangement of letters supplied by the clue itself. Look for an indicator like 'mixed', 'broken', 'cooked', or 'wild', and find a phrase whose letters add up to the answer's length. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 15 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

15 down reads "Bookish intellectuals half-heartedly refuse a note" (8 letters); the answer is LITERATI. It's a deletion clue: start with a word the clue points to, then drop one or more letters. Indicators include 'endlessly' (lose the last letter), 'beheaded' (lose the first), or 'heartlessly' (lose the middle). The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 17 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

17 down reads "Working with Brown, as Marge might be" (2,5 letters); the answer is ON TOAST. It's a charade: the answer breaks into parts in clue order, each part clued by a word or short phrase. No indicators needed; watch for standard abbreviations (RA = artist, US = American, IN = at home) and short synonyms. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 18 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

18 down reads "Lucky charms Rod's holding firm" (7 letters); the answer is MASCOTS. It's a container clue: one word goes inside another. Container indicators include 'in', 'around', 'holding', and 'embracing' — identify the outer word, then the inner piece that gets slotted into it. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 20 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

20 down reads "Sign percussion instrument can be heard" (6 letters); the answer is SYMBOL. It's a homophone clue: the answer sounds like another word. Indicators like 'reportedly', 'we hear', or 'sounds like' point to a word that's pronounced similarly to the answer. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 22 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247?

22 down reads "Old king preceding old queen's coach" (5 letters); the answer is TUTOR. It's a charade: the answer breaks into parts in clue order, each part clued by a word or short phrase. No indicators needed; watch for standard abbreviations (RA = artist, US = American, IN = at home) and short synonyms. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31247 — Answers, Hints & Wordplay Explained

4A — Sheep fold in front of church – it's not worth much (8) — TUPPENCE

Definition
Definition found: 'it's not worth much' — The definition is 'it's not worth much' — old coin is colloquial for a trivial sum (as in 'I don't care _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _').
Wordplay
Wordplay: Charade
Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'Sheep' → TUP
Synonym
Synonyms spotted: 'fold' → PEN
Abbreviation
Abbreviations spotted: 'church' → CE
Assembly
TUP + PEN + CE = TUPPENCE

Across

4A — Sheep fold in front of church – it's not worth much (8) — TUPPENCE

8A — A little aggro overcoming Slot (6) — GROOVE

9A — Around the back of hotel, new dinette given a name (8) — ENTITLED

10A — One liable to forget a million counterfeit in case (8) — AMNESIAC

11A — Tough guy keeping close to Wimbledon tennis player (6) — HENMAN

12A — Potential answer in questionnaire beats me (4,4) — DONT KNOW

13A — Dog show with Winton, possibly on fourth of June (8) — AIREDALE

16A — I think one mike in rock opera is missing – take heed (2,2,4) — TO MY MIND

19A — Where gamblers are attracted to young female boxing star (3,5) — LAS VEGAS

21A — Could this be standing, mostly, on sculpture's base? (6) — STATUE

23A — Useless type hit Crouch after header for England (4,4) — LAME DUCK

24A — Spicy beef is tapas bar's last piece? I'm devastated! (8) — PASTRAMI

25A — Decorated knight's boring talk (6) — ORNATE

26A — Celebrities occasionally singing Aquarius? (4,4) — STAR SIGN

Down

1D — Constant drinker in the end, this writer's nose mostly turning red (7) — CRIMSON

2D — Lie with nothing on for picture (4,5) — LOVE STORY

3D — Kindly 6 Down, maybe one with good name (6) — BENIGN

4D — Running wildly, no hero, cat character in film (3,8,4) — THE COWARDLY LION

5D — Pressure's on richest out-of-form baseball players (8) — PITCHERS

6D — Some misspelt onomatopoeia for John? (5) — ELTON

7D — You may need a rest before you address me (3,4) — CUE BALL

14D — Fan tended to dither about one facing allegations (9) — DEFENDANT

15D — Bookish intellectuals half-heartedly refuse a note (8) — LITERATI

17D — Working with Brown, as Marge might be (2,5) — ON TOAST

18D — Lucky charms Rod's holding firm (7) — MASCOTS

20D — Sign percussion instrument can be heard (6) — SYMBOL

22D — Old king preceding old queen's coach (5) — TUTOR