Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Friday, 5th January 2024 There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Friday, 5th January 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Out of many directions, soldiers returned in formal line beside lodgingsFROM ALL QUARTERSAAcross 9: Distress when a French copper cuts footAFFLICTAAcross 10: Various waterfowl close to lakeDIVERSEAAcross 11: Wood like dog's brought backBALSAAAcross 12: Swimming in her pond is a mood boosterENDORPHINAAcross 14: Cook rhubarb with fish? That's revolutionaryDOCTORAAcross 16: Padded copper ring with gleaming exteriorCUSHIONYAAcross 18: Urges to grasp core of definitive disciplinesPUNISHESAAcross 19: Ball that's targeted article by large canineJACKALAAcross 21: Stickybeaks in conversation care about lotteryPRIZE DRAWAAcross 25: Multitude of cycling heatsSWARMAAcross 27: Posh folk taken from Paris to SicilyARISTOSAAcross 28: Parts of plants sustained energySTAMINAAAcross 29: Roughly nine letters Matt is sending to CoventrySILENT TREATMENTDDown 1: Type of lorry winged beast escaped, so Spooner saysFLATBEDDDown 2: Not running, aluminium internal partsOFFALDDown 3: Stirrers from Costa no cost – gratis to put another wayAGITATORSDDown 4: Machine that turns coffee making low temperature hotLATHEDDown 5: Funds removed from banks I had cancelledUNDIDDDown 6: Partygoer comparatively bold removing topRAVERDDown 7: Digging Eastern illustrations around hotelEARTHWORKDDown 8: Writers Laurence and Laurie discussed in rigorous waySTERNLYDDown 13: Casino built outside Italy's capital cityNICOSIADDown 15: Merry prisoner court dismissed on the bottleCONVIVIALDDown 17: Advantage in competition from loaf, singular baked itemHEAD STARTDDown 18: Albatross regularly following sound from cork treesPOPLARSDDown 20: Roast meat put with reduced wineLAMBASTDDown 22: Consumed all contents from set rate menuEATENDDown 23: Further test son's taken in two subjectsRESITDDown 24: Superfluous part of garment, we're toldWASTEDDown 26: A bathroom fixture lacking base and standABIDE