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    Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 2nd May 2024

    There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 2nd May 2024. View the answers below..
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    Number# Clue Answer
    AAcross 1: Match extinguished, perhaps, in front of grate? Be clearGO WITHOUT SAYING
    AAcross 9: One proverbially arriving in good time – for vermicelli?EARLY BIRD
    AAcross 10: Substitute furniture men brought back behind theatre
    AAcross 11: Short session drinking wine, fuller-flavoured
    AAcross 12: Every one getting 50 per cent off, Lucy nabs ticket for loco
    AAcross 13: Love of French poet's work
    AAcross 14: Like some old crocks, fear the new to an extent
    AAcross 17: Staff succeeded, on strike for cleaners
    AAcross 19: Pure breed regularly okay with daughter
    AAcross 22: King's heading south-east to visit coastal town for brief inspectionLOOK-SEE
    AAcross 24: Desperate to avoid Germany's rage
    AAcross 25: Redesigned client's pattern
    AAcross 26: Runs away with sailors across the Channel
    AAcross 28: Lay to rest in ancient city before noon
    AAcross 29: Bones of setter so long with painful stress injury
    AAcross 30: Conscription: several in action at seaNATIONAL SERVICE
    DDown 1: Crack and dent the result of crashGREAT DEPRESSION
    DDown 2: Factory functions
    DDown 3: Think idly about doll maybe joker's given to husbandTOY WITH
    DDown 4: Mostly nice room tidied up for Greek character
    DDown 5: Young child is losing love for one small fish
    DDown 6: Nimby is one jumping on my car
    DDown 7: Rash old American supporting the compiler's favourite university
    DDown 8: Excited girls tour cheese region
    DDown 15: Search victim for gun partRIFLE BUTT
    DDown 16: Mutton producer solver mentioned
    DDown 18: Opener for Arsenal – on top of game since
    DDown 20: Cheat, turning up with Oscar? I'm unable to carry that off!NO CAN DO
    DDown 21: Hat the wrong way around, Miss Woodhouse's predicament?
    DDown 22: Sheds wiry character erected right awayLEAN-TOS
    DDown 23: Former nun is retiring, becoming pensioner?
    DDown 27: Dog's firm resistance when going over grit occasionally
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