Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 15th February 2024 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 15th February 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Mean time retained in stirINTERMEDIATEAAcross 9: Range including peak over Australia, perhapsANTIPODESAAcross 10: Shock causing alarming real emotion, initiallySCAREAAcross 11: Discontented illegals prosecuted then releasedISSUEDAAcross 12: In rage, give out painAGGRIEVEAAcross 13: Sweetheart ran, ran awayELOPEDAAcross 15: Detectives walk taking lieutenant's first shiftDISPLACEAAcross 18: Phantom unstable particles without nucleusSPECTRALAAcross 19: Chap, say, with ace wine shopBODEGAAAcross 21: Unemotional sex rejected in novelRETICENTAAcross 23: Origin of impertinent language we hearSOURCEAAcross 26: Game of skill inside empty dives?DARTSAAcross 27: Worried about sweetheart giving reprimandCARPETINGAAcross 28: One gives complaint involving new playerBENEFACTRESSDDown 1: Fancy one with wealth comprising silverIMAGINEDDown 2: Carries children around end of hikeTOTESDDown 3: Queen up, ready for showREPRESENTDDown 4: Objects and stops …ENDSDDown 5: … certain GI sniper holding up badgeINSIGNIADDown 6: Support uprising carrying a weaponTASERDDown 7: Steep charge to support staffMACERATEDDown 8: Separate Church denomination's leader in dioceseSECEDEDDown 14: Capsize open vesselOVERTURNDDown 16: Support sole gutless nationalist supporterPROPONENTDDown 17: Salt swallowed by simple crustaceanBARNACLEDDown 18: Walk in street on journeySTRIDEDDown 20: Retaliates in craven gestureAVENGESDDown 22: Thrown facing English classCASTEDDown 24: Jack up using beams, reportedlyRAISEDDown 25: Occasionally fair legal departmentAREA