Telegraph Cryptic Answers

Tuesday, 16th April 2024

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 16th April 2024. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Husband leaving cash, perhaps? Strangely, refuse tips
AAcross 6:	Cold drink creates round of applause
AAcross 9:	Open to attack from a bull? Nerve shattering
AAcross 10:	Paddy's low disposition, primarily
AAcross 12:	Keep Territorial Army in check
AAcross 13:	Spot big feline protecting old feline
AAcross 15:	Spread chickenfeed ignoring small goat?	PEANUT BUTTER
AAcross 18:	Flower beloved by prince?	SWEET WILLIAM
AAcross 21:	Mainstream writer takes off, we hear
AAcross 22:	Starmer's first aim for Labour
AAcross 24:	Sign of disapproval with uniform's short skirt
AAcross 25:	Reddish insect by river for a drink	GINGER BEER
AAcross 26:	I was first going round food shop
AAcross 27:	What reader did at the end possibly is a mystery	CLOSED BOOK
DDown 1:	Very bad cut – he wants hospital
DDown 2:	Tell some strange tale, rather upsetting
DDown 3:	Liking prophecy about the French
DDown 4:	New beer lifted spirit
DDown 5:	Rabbit in the sack?	PILLOW TALK
DDown 7:	Investigate family surrounded by stolen goods with heart of stone	LOOK INTO
DDown 8:	Overscrupulousness from Edward filling larder
DDown 11:	Made criminal undercut Mafia? Not I!
DDown 14:	Unfriendly to Isaac in foreign lake
DDown 16:	Mixed conclusions from data depress kind editor
DDown 17:	Duck keeping tail of the little one dry
DDown 19:	Look – old boy's erected summerhouse
DDown 20:	This is boring fan – or a kagoule?
DDown 23:	Anglers regularly cast out for a long time