DT 31382 — Telegraph Cryptic 31382 Masterclass: Every Clue Explained in Under 15 Minutes

DT 31382 — Telegraph Cryptic 31382: every clue explained — the definition, the wordplay broken into pieces, and how those pieces build the answer. Published 2026-10-28. 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 31382 — every clue explained 0:20 1 Across — Volume compiled with patient details? (8) 0:48 5 Across — Running faster course to finish (6) 1:09 10 Across — Order siesta to help men – it takes some beating (7,8) 1:38 11 Across — Voter mechanism for leaving seat, with Liberal ousting Jack (7) 2:10 12 Across — Congealed, like ringlets of hair worn by daughter (7) 2:37 13 Across — Buy balls for playing with? Sweet! (8) 2:58 15 Across — Drink second brew (5) 3:21 18 Across — 100-500 sheets of paper, yellowish white (5) 3:43 20 Across — Where the PM can escape Downing Street draughts (8) 4:21 23 Across — Small country article Knightsbridge store sent round unwrapped (7) 4:57 25 Across — Storm over new bike frames (7) 5:24 26 Across — Roam like Manx cat, all over the place! (11,4) 5:57 27 Across — Mock Independent editor, embarrassed to go back outside (6) 6:38 28 Across — Injure Dylan cycling in eastern state (8) 7:02 1 Down — Civil War officer buried in public US territory (6) 7:24 2 Down — Excess weight one carried in the boot? (5,4) 7:50 3 Down — Bertie regularly put up items for auction in the city (7) 8:19 4 Down — Different parent, not married (5) 8:41 6 Down — Nearly complete scrimmage without second prop (7) 9:12 7 Down — Praise former partner instructed to have day off (5) 9:39 8 Down — West End hall home to French writer (8) 10:02 9 Down — Friendly fire? Blame CIA (8) 10:26 14 Down — Loudly support a traitor in high stakes competition with banker (8) 10:58 16 Down — Italian classic vehicle Bonar Law unveiled (9) 11:23 17 Down — Joint heads of Senior Common Room curtailed timetable (5-3) 11:53 19 Down — Extraordinary swimmer from habit regularly dipped in the sea (7) 12:20 21 Down — Weird posh childminder taking care of Charlie (7) 12:49 22 Down — Reached the highest point rather resentful, it's said (6) 13:15 24 Down — Last month Oliver cleared out bits of furniture (5) 13:40 25 Down — Punch a mate (5) Every clue on the site: 1a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010608... 5a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010608... 10a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010608... 11a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010608... 12a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010608... 13a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010608... 15a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010608... 18a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010608... 20a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010608... 23a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010609... 25a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010609... 26a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010609... 27a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010609... 28a https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010609... 1d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010609... 2d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010609... 3d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010609... 4d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010609... 6d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010609... 7d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010610... 8d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010610... 9d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010610... 14d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010610... 16d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010610... 17d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010610... 19d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010610... 21d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010610... 22d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010610... 24d https://justcordelia.com/clue/1010610...