Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 8th February 2024 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 8th February 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: British crossword setter keeping green suitBECOMEAAcross 4: Criminal more self-satisfied when pocketing poundSMUGGLERAAcross 9: Sort of rock eaten by two lots of small childrenSPROGSAAcross 10: Small sea organisms in large quantity on boardPLANKTONAAcross 11: Awfully rich Republican and leading editor tweetedCHIRRUPEDAAcross 13: What odds might be – or what they certainly aren't!EVENSAAcross 14: Rocking crib with loud claim this connects mother and childUMBILICAL CORDAAcross 17: Doctor identifying ailments indicating a case of otitis needs treatingDIAGNOSTICIANAAcross 21: Captain lethargically tours strip of waterINLETAAcross 23: Person knowing little criminal roaming AmericaIGNORAMUSAAcross 24: Where drinkers are left in charge openlyIN PUBLICAAcross 25: Son getting Schwarzenegger lunch, perhapsSARNIEAAcross 26: Trying extremely efficacious maximESSAYINGAAcross 27: Consumes a portion of grouse supperUSES UPDDown 1: Keen on men and women, faction split in halfBISECTDDown 2: Unfinished Indian dish – starters of it coming up later among coursesCURRICULADDown 3: Game briefly cooked with herb in African regionMAGHREBDDown 5: Curse the way men enunciateMALEDICTIONDDown 6: Cultured chap, a slippery customerGENTEELDDown 7: Tool used to shape large articlesLATHEDDown 8: Model desiring great place to sitRINGSIDEDDown 12: Least tanned, trendy Scot one encountered in the Middle EastPALESTINIANDDown 15: Oscar determined to bag M & S products that sootheOINTMENTSDDown 16: About to leave very moreish food enhancerADDITIVEDDown 18: Remarkably majestically welcoming cheersNOTABLYDDown 19: Encroachments where the Colossus stood, we hearINROADSDDown 20: Like old Tory PM Robert, turning up in a comatose stateASLEEPDDown 22: Hillsides not primarily suitable for runsLOPES