Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 14th February 2024 There are 15 across clues and 17 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 14th February 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Holy text saint held in part of handPSALMAAcross 10: Minding youngsters from Washington, a Republican sheltered in Hispanic countryCHILD CAREAAcross 10: Minding youngsters from Washington, a Republican sheltered in Hispanic countryCHILDCAREAAcross 11: On getting exhausted, turned inRETIREDAAcross 12: Revised silly BA coursesSYLLABIAAcross 13: Sailor advanced westwards, getting set of mapsATLASAAcross 14: A procession of figures going backwards?COUNT DOWNAAcross 14: A procession of figures going backwards?COUNTDOWNAAcross 16: In a cartoon strip, moving characters around is a waste of timePROCRASTINATIONAAcross 19: Long-distance traveller turns to AA, breaking downASTRONAUTAAcross 21: Items that are smoked and softly put in pastriesPIPESAAcross 23: Maybe Homer's boy catching mischievous kidsSIMPSONAAcross 25: Novel's heroine put on hat the wrong way, in a predicamentDILEMMAAAcross 27: A guiding light, bridge player's getting thanks, right?NORTH STARAAcross 28: Beak grabbing old rope used for hangingNOOSEDDown 1: What hip-hop artist does, turning up for fightSPARDDown 2: Group enjoying Monopoly caught playing laterCARTELDDown 3: Nearly dazzle a carnival city's entertainment promoterIMPRESARIODDown 4: A group of police officers unwrapped nice tartACIDICDDown 5: Fail to notice The Telegraph's current stateMISSOURIDDown 6: Revered person lazy in auditionIDOLDDown 7: Fare from Italy in a vehicle running through big roadMACARONIDDown 8: Request batter's period at the crease startsBEGINNINGSDDown 13: TikTok or Instagram, say, elevating ratingAPPRAISINGDDown 15: Designed manlier top? A jumper might go on thisTRAMPOLINEDDown 17: Be cleverer than Oxford University tutor, initially formally attiredOUTSMARTDDown 18: Heading for Spain, possibly get a tan and be inactiveSTAGNATEDDown 20: Thus Rose oddly holds party for Elizabeth and Henry?TUDORSDDown 22: Fluffy ball from pair of Englishmen down underPOM-POMDDown 22: Fluffy ball from pair of Englishmen down underPOMPOMDDown 24: Nothing in small house in Westminster areaSOHODDown 26: Beer and cold Guinness, sayALEC