Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 2nd January 2024 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 2nd January 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: A second amount of money editor acceptedASSUMEDAAcross 5: Shy small bird ignoring last shellfishLOBSTERAAcross 9: Check around river for homeless animalSTRAYAAcross 10: What happens on some autumnal trees without large earwigEAVESDROPAAcross 11: Mariners might leave this tense after fighting snakeROWING BOATAAcross 12: Trouble returning with Republican fabulistLIARAAcross 14: Fashion article – group cut itMAKE THE GRADEAAcross 18: Turkey perhaps following mongrel – run!CROSS-COUNTRYAAcross 21: One cleans fishCHARAAcross 22: Insult cousin's new rabbitDISCUSSIONAAcross 25: Being sixteen, converted by churchEXISTENCEAAcross 26: Country bumpkin dialect's graspedINDIAAAcross 27: Remain agitated with large copper?MINERALAAcross 28: Ship's crew in sea cut and runSTEAMERDDown 1: Sailor almost certain daughter's bonkersABSURDDDown 2: Sharp-witted little mammal departsSHREWDDDown 3: Mixed my one Asian sauceMAYONNAISEDDown 4: You and I tucked in debutante's American anorakDWEEBDDown 5: Valiant, he wrestles sea-monsterLEVIATHANDDown 6: Lick creamBESTDDown 7: Final spell in a lakeTERMINALDDown 8: Telegraph writer maybe regularly rues beerREPORTERDDown 13: Belligerent cook varies eggsAGGRESSIVEDDown 15: Elgar's first movement and a student's sentimentalEMOTIONALDDown 16: Perhaps 99 rodents, not first choiceICE CREAMDDown 17: People supporting party giftDONATIONDDown 19: Insight from wife is initially devoid of meaningWISDOMDDown 20: United Nations on average is prejudicedUNFAIRDDown 23: Revolutionary's capturing female cooksCHEFSDDown 24: Raise hell to find celebritySTAR