DT 31370 — Telegraph Cryptic 31370 Masterclass: Every Clue Explained in Under 15 Minutes

DT 31370 — Telegraph Cryptic 31370: every clue explained — the definition, the wordplay broken into pieces, and how those pieces build the answer. Published 2026-10-14. All the answers, explained: https://justcordelia.com/telegraph/cr... Every clue explained, plus a pattern finder, anagram solver and thesaurus: https://justcordelia.com Chapters: 0:00 Telegraph 31370 — every clue explained 0:21 1 Across — Busy Lizzie among herbal samples (6) 0:46 5 Across — Sign onto system outside taxi building (3,5) 1:12 9 Across — Elite soldier, November Delta Oscar (8) 1:41 10 Across — Gregg no good holding drink (6) 2:04 11 Across — Tom with 13 Across product protecting a burial chamber (8) 2:33 12 Across — Free Spanish bubbly after cycling last two sections of event (6) 3:11 13 Across — Maintenance of Barnet Locks? (4,4) 3:41 15 Across — Drink beer, just a half, virtually drained (4) 4:12 17 Across — Hands over in exchange (4) 4:33 19 Across — An advocate of women's rights, Duke entertains a Young British Artist (8) 5:04 20 Across — Sarah left without cover after bank loses billion in capital (6) 5:33 21 Across — Saw house with a kind of solid outside (8) 6:03 22 Across — "Bared heart with a kiss" – gooey stuff in Listener (6) 6:34 23 Across — Sounding rough, tummy ultra upset (8) 7:00 24 Across — More hip outer district in German city (8) 7:28 25 Across — Understand good England opener failing to get century (6) 8:01 2 Down — Lovely winding road on Elba heading north (8) 8:29 3 Down — Pity Sinatra's intro turned My Way close to schmaltzy (8) 9:01 4 Down — Instrument, one used for making julienne (9) 9:28 5 Down — Play creatively, balance king and rook (4,4,2,5) 9:54 6 Down — Related vacuous tale after endless brandy (7) 10:30 7 Down — "Balogun must play!" – leader in White House (8) 10:57 8 Down — Close bottle top around Tango drink before bedtime (8) 11:26 14 Down — The cigar's gone out – somebody set fire to it! (9) 11:54 15 Down — Upper-class flat set up in top location on the Danube (8) 12:25 16 Down — Norse woman rider angered key rival (8) 12:44 17 Down — Musical introduction captivating Germany and America (8) 13:15 18 Down — Advanced position consumed faithless individual (8) 13:43 19 Down — Cheeky, possibly hawkish Democrat (7) Every clue on the site: 1a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010129... 5a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010129... 9a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010129... 10a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010130... 11a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010130... 12a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010130... 13a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010130... 15a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010130... 17a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010130... 19a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010130... 20a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010130... 21a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010130... 22a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010130... 23a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010131... 24a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010131... 25a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010131... 2d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010131... 3d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010131... 4d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010131... 5d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010131... 6d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010131... 7d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010131... 8d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010131... 14d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010132... 15d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010132... 16d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010132... 17d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010132... 18d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010132... 19d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010132...