Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Friday, 16th February 2024

There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Friday, 16th February 2024. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Heard harsh argument about king's scholarly assignment
AAcross 6:	Flee south with queen, perhaps
AAcross 9:	Surface of loo roll absorbs
AAcross 10:	Crew prepare before last of folk board on ship
AAcross 12:	One following joke with poke of tongue
AAcross 13:	Number exposed affair
AAcross 15:	Pleasant-sounding American entering phoney claim
AAcross 16:	Regularly ignored show in French you reviewed is broadcast	GOES OUT
AAcross 18:	It's confusing how to make duck smaller yet bigger
AAcross 20:	Relatives firm with us about moral offence
AAcross 21:	Declined eating hot piece of meat
AAcross 23:	Second of pirates person at sea enlists	ROPES IN
AAcross 25:	Outline tale I need to adapt
AAcross 26:	Run revolutionary European business
AAcross 27:	Fish breed, we're told
AAcross 28:	A nun that's abridged religious work is diligent
DDown 1:	Place to eat starters of cornbread and free-range eggs
DDown 2:	Card game modelled after patience originally having no competitors
DDown 3:	Sudden movement scared youngster	SPRING CHICKEN
DDown 4:	Bird's woeful cry going round Margate occasionally
DDown 5:	Sorting hierarchical positions of soldiers, knight and monarch
DDown 7:	Reportedly, London gangsters rage
DDown 8:	Become fond of job making carpet	TAKE TO TASK
DDown 11:	Prior needs queries to be resolved with priest
DDown 14:	Agent before noon on road travelling to collect fish
DDown 17:	Speak about current surgical speciality position
DDown 19:	Trash receptacle seen in Parisian station?
DDown 20:	Hollowed out chunky squash plant
DDown 22:	First to leave ship lane
DDown 24:	Iron edges of light fabric