Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 4th January 2024 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 4th January 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Pass cost United a thrashingOUTDISTANCEAAcross 10: Nearly time for eveningNIGHTAAcross 11: A party, lot making loveADORATIONAAcross 12: Travelling theatre is most vulgarEARTHIESTAAcross 13: Exclude nothing embracing sweetheart for partyBEANOAAcross 14: Rate head of state after goofsASSESSAAcross 16: Heroic nobleman imprisoned in iron shipFEARLESSAAcross 18: Declaration of marriage following admirerIDOLATERAAcross 20: Located around nightclub's centre getting thwartedSPITEDAAcross 23: Principal character from Aesop?ALPHAAAcross 24: Butchers laugh terribly about butcherySLAUGHTERAAcross 26: New lord and almost turned squireLANDOWNERAAcross 27: Alter, doing another possible tinkering initiallyADAPTAAcross 28: Flooding a lot? Wear these!WELLINGTONSDDown 2: One incites outrage occasionally covering QueenURGERDDown 3: Abandons Democrat over irritationsDITCHESDDown 4: Young man and mum swearSHAVERDDown 5: Supporters support drowning in drinksAPOSTLESDDown 6: Yellowish light underneath church hallCHAMBERDDown 7: Tireless debating if ale is drunkINDEFATIGABLEDDown 8: Wound dressing around injured fibrous tissueLIGAMENTDDown 9: Selfish fan reined in a costINCONSIDERATEDDown 15: Possibly purchases gifts, finally limpingSHOPPINGDDown 17: Coppers on alert arresting individualPERSONALDDown 19: Shellfish from sailor with a soleABALONEDDown 21: Show decline in gasp for breathPAGEANTDDown 22: Empty pub about now's openingBARRENDDown 25: Fellow absorbing adult writerTWAIN