Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Monday, 8th April 2024 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Monday, 8th April 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Very large bird I disturbed with green rump? NopeEMPEROR PENGUINAAcross 10: Huey plans to get drunk – that's out of proportionUNSHAPELYAAcross 11: Small bud, seen in spring?CAPERAAcross 12: Tenants getting not as much relief, it's saidLESSEESAAcross 13: Detective mixing up us with the student found insideSLEUTHAAcross 15: Somewhat pretentious political organisation losing leaderARTYAAcross 17: Illicit trader in northern town with two-thirds of Jamaican music sent backBOOTLEGGERAAcross 18: Share title (not English) covering small amount of moneyPERCENTAGEAAcross 20: One's worshipped wildfowl on a regular basisIDOLAAcross 22: Sycophants succeeded in Asian countryYES-MENAAcross 23: Fond of a party? Then call!ADORINGAAcross 26: Big-looking home, from the inside?IGLOOAAcross 27: Reportedly scrap outer garment to reveal vest?WAISTCOATAAcross 28: Organise any messy stats left inside? This person could do it!SYSTEMS ANALYSTDDown 2: 007's boss requests face-coveringsMASKSDDown 3: Seen a melon exhibiting a hard outer coating?ENAMELDDown 4: Goes too far: makes scornful noises following spell of bowlingOVERSHOOTSDDown 5: Settles in French countryside?PAYSDDown 6: Unusually clean around the Spanish housingNACELLEDDown 7: Like acoustic music, maybe not promoted?UNPLUGGEDDDown 8: Quite a show in the sky – Blackpool Illuminations perhapsNORTHERN LIGHTSDDown 9: Science that sounds like an improvement on the old, murky sort?NUCLEAR PHYSICSDDown 14: Type of all-male party: people in an unwholesome stateSTAGNATIONDDown 16: Birds: teal's last in, rest shot, flying!THROSTLESDDown 19: Something ugly I observed, it could be saidEYESOREDDown 21: Left aluminium in entrancePORTALDDown 24: Clubs for Jeremy, perhapsIRONSDDown 25: Keeps within town squareOWNS