Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Monday, 5th February 2024 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Monday, 5th February 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Rough route, reportedlyCOARSEAAcross 4: Fish bones across middle of jettySTURGEONAAcross 9: Straighten out former nurseEXTENDAAcross 10: Really popular outcomeIN EFFECTAAcross 11: European university with typical wild treesEUCALYPTIAAcross 13: Register one with lease? Not initiallyENTERAAcross 14: Anxious, one outside shelter with husband beset by birdsON TENTERHOOKSAAcross 17: Currer, Ellis & Acton's record?THE THREE BELLSAAcross 21: Temperature fine for Hungarian wineTOKAYAAcross 23: New rope I ordered to hold large overhead cable, perhapsPOWER LINEAAcross 24: Loyalty programme? Form of realism I injectedAIR MILESAAcross 25: Like appeals close to umpirePLEASEAAcross 26: Detectives essentially separateDISPERSEAAcross 27: Take in synopsisDIGESTDDown 1: Bright in initially crowded barCLEVERDDown 2: Take choir, for a change, for something to eatARTICHOKEDDown 3: Sleeveless garment – team's leader is after oneSINGLETDDown 5: Problem affecting services?TENNIS ELBOWDDown 6: Update arbiter regarding southern hospitalREFRESHDDown 7: Still time to produce resultEVENTDDown 8: I trust an eccentric, one espousing nudityNATURISTDDown 12: £25, say, for mail service long agoPONY EXPRESSDDown 15: Stubborn stain to be treatedOBSTINATEDDown 16: Assistance provided by government – its data broadcast about energySTATE AIDDDown 18: Spooner's a lot more complex? CrazyHAYWIREDDown 19: Siren of traditional tales on the French islandLORELEIDDown 20: Expert touring city in desertDEFECTDDown 22: Paul, grandmaster, some risk-taker, EstonianKERES