Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 3rd April 2024 There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 3rd April 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: That lady's family in extremely grievous picklesGHERKINSAAcross 5: The setter, after work, swallowed painkillerOPIATEAAcross 9: Geordie or Cockney, say, in charge of some philosophyDIALECTICAAcross 11: Whizz in Rolls-Royce for fast driverRACERAAcross 12: One's fired speculator before case of embezzlementBULLETAAcross 13: Fresh dessert European covered in chopped mintIMPUDENTAAcross 15: Blimey! Sunak at dances in very distinctive fashionUNMISTAKEABLYAAcross 18: Order bit of cash, hosting upper-class Republicans in DCDIRECT CURRENTAAcross 22: Staff in good Post Office entertained by funny fellaFLAGPOLEAAcross 23: Try mostly heavy, ornate kind of fontGOTHICAAcross 26: Defence from gangster, one getting bail occasionallyALIBIAAcross 27: Mushy peas, chips and rocketSPACESHIPAAcross 28: Indicate peculiar need to grasp part of the BibleDENOTEAAcross 29: It lessens the shock of landing reckless mother in courtCRASH-MATDDown 1: Grandpa, oddly fit, is a pleasure-seekerGADABOUTDDown 2: Message of half-hearted Austen work I put on lineE-MAILDDown 2: Message of half-hearted Austen work I put on lineEMAILDDown 3: Footballers who save energy run into storesKEEPERSDDown 4: Some broken IT, school head's problemNITSDDown 6: Saucy R&B covers you heard creating troublePERTURBDDown 7: Model made by Jaguar with dome on topARCHETYPEDDown 8: Slips water rat among cagesERRATADDown 10: German car parts arrive for businessCOMMERCEDDown 14: Lloyd-Webber musical touring clubs everybody boosCATCALLSDDown 16: What Buddhists do, lacking time for conflict resolutionMEDIATIONDDown 17: Cattle overturned lid for soup panSTOCKPOTDDown 19: Rip neat pants? Put another coat onREPAINTDDown 20: Queen's following king loudly drinking a couple of rounds – they're on the houseROOFERSDDown 21: American, with help, eats starters of fowl roasted like a chickenAFRAIDDDown 24: Lacking in interest, laugh and sing softlyHO-HUMDDown 25: They might perform a duet or piano melodyPAIR