Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 16th April 2024 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 16th April 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Husband leaving cash, perhaps? Strangely, refuse tipsSCRAPHEAPSAAcross 6: Cold drink creates round of applauseCLAPAAcross 9: Open to attack from a bull? Nerve shatteringVULNERABLEAAcross 10: Paddy's low disposition, primarilyMOODAAcross 12: Keep Territorial Army in checkRETAINAAcross 13: Spot big feline protecting old felineLOCATIONAAcross 15: Spread chickenfeed ignoring small goat?PEANUT BUTTERAAcross 18: Flower beloved by prince?SWEET WILLIAMAAcross 21: Mainstream writer takes off, we hearORTHODOXAAcross 22: Starmer's first aim for LabourSTRAINAAcross 24: Sign of disapproval with uniform's short skirtTUTUAAcross 25: Reddish insect by river for a drinkGINGER BEERAAcross 26: I was first going round food shopDELIAAcross 27: What reader did at the end possibly is a mysteryCLOSED BOOKDDown 1: Very bad cut – he wants hospitalSEVEREDDown 2: Tell some strange tale, rather upsettingRELATEDDown 3: Liking prophecy about the FrenchPREDILECTIONDDown 4: New beer lifted spiritELANDDown 5: Rabbit in the sack?PILLOW TALKDDown 7: Investigate family surrounded by stolen goods with heart of stoneLOOK INTODDown 8: Overscrupulousness from Edward filling larderPEDANTRYDDown 11: Made criminal undercut Mafia? Not I!MANUFACTUREDDDown 14: Unfriendly to Isaac in foreign lakeANTISOCIALDDown 16: Mixed conclusions from data depress kind editorASSORTEDDDown 17: Duck keeping tail of the little one dryTEETOTALDDown 19: Look – old boy's erected summerhouseGAZEBODDown 20: This is boring fan – or a kagoule?ANORAKDDown 23: Anglers regularly cast out for a long timeAGES