Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Friday, 2nd February 2024

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Friday, 2nd February 2024. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Bash to the head, wise to get prescription
AAcross 4:	Very old boards I had detached
AAcross 10:	Energetic dance – twist maybe – means falling down regularly
AAcross 11:	Converted a Tesla with tin and lead on
AAcross 12:	Belief in science – i.e. maths – for rationalisation?
AAcross 13:	Portion of quail leg – a luxury that could be banned
AAcross 14:	Cold rental in resort – hotel dining room warmer	CENTRAL HEATING
AAcross 17:	Start of play about Waterloo, maybe small prelude before battle	ACTION STATIONS
AAcross 21:	Deplore outspoken insult that's mumbled on stage
AAcross 23:	Listener's bottom pain returned – it's growing
AAcross 24:	Flash without showing rear in favourite grass skirt
AAcross 25:	100, old? Shut up!
AAcross 26:	Unfinished, a press kit showing new breaks for following sport	APRES-SKI
AAcross 27:	Time to face creature, semi-aquatic adder?
DDown 1:	Dictaphone's missing one moving message
DDown 2:	Chopin's bust inspires my uplifting description of Beethoven's Fifth?
DDown 3:	Galway chic? Eire could offer alternatives – it's slowly going downhill
DDown 5:	Transmitted current intelligence, sheer sloppiness!
DDown 6:	Branch ending rent handout
DDown 7:	Lean on Jag's boot, which gets bent
DDown 8:	Welsh river ferry in a serious way
DDown 9:	Son dropping plug causes obstruction	STUMBLING-BLOCK
DDown 15:	Long time left in darkness – this will brighten things up	NEON LIGHT
DDown 16:	One's alight, turning on Jamaican?
DDown 18:	Characters with an inclination to head east
DDown 19:	Taxi turns up, attending to company that's rolled up
DDown 20:	Drink gallons with pop on tap? On the contrary
DDown 22:	No parking in golf club, say