Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 28th March 2024 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 28th March 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Protection by chap leading queenCOVERAAcross 4: Husband, base, simple and unfeelingHEARTLESSAAcross 9: Share everything exaggerated about malesALLOTMENTAAcross 10: Commotion with sailors on deckADORNAAcross 11: Greed, a weakness gripping a RepublicanAVARICEAAcross 12: Monk left Church repelled in deceptionRECLUSEAAcross 13: Party struggles embodying nothingTORIESAAcross 15: These bowled over for game?NINEPINSAAcross 18: Regular fuel found in grassREPEATEDAAcross 20: Singer vocally produces noteTENNERAAcross 23: Detectives are liable to get stretchDISTENDAAcross 24: Ordinary sailor setting forth stronglyORATINGAAcross 26: Old colossal Greek characterOMEGAAAcross 27: Redistribute incomes to financial expertECONOMISTAAcross 28: One script rewritten for Morse, maybeINSPECTORAAcross 29: Race in streak being impatientRATTYDDown 1: Property account swallowed by leaseCHARACTERDDown 2: Lines going inside through country houseVILLADDown 3: English love sailor climbing some riggingRATLINEDDown 4: The man excelled keeping sweetheart inclinedHEELEDDDown 5: Radio set tuned finding celestial bodyASTEROIDDDown 6: Section of Government ran ChequersTRANCHEDDown 7: Development in love, out at seaEVOLUTIONDDown 8: After transgression, chastise heartlesslySINCEDDown 14: Recover from illnesses, so perhaps risingREPOSSESSDDown 16: Scout keeping fit and activeSPRIGHTLYDDown 17: Support for napper?HEADRESTDDown 19: State decline is normalAVERAGEDDown 21: Strange one with a rum charmENAMOURDDown 22: Performing in occasion for awardHONOURDDown 23: Admit occasionally purchasing sexy loinclothDHOTIDDown 25: Individual deeply imbecilic or thick, initiallyIDIOT