Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 2nd May 2024 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 2nd May 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Match extinguished, perhaps, in front of grate? Be clearGO WITHOUT SAYINGAAcross 9: One proverbially arriving in good time – for vermicelli?EARLY BIRDAAcross 10: Substitute furniture men brought back behind theatreREPROAAcross 11: Short session drinking wine, fuller-flavouredTASTIERAAcross 12: Every one getting 50 per cent off, Lucy nabs ticket for locoLUNATICAAcross 13: Love of French poet's workODEAAcross 14: Like some old crocks, fear the new to an extentEARTHENAAcross 17: Staff succeeded, on strike for cleanersRAMRODSAAcross 19: Pure breed regularly okay with daughterREFINEDAAcross 22: King's heading south-east to visit coastal town for brief inspectionLOOK-SEEAAcross 24: Desperate to avoid Germany's rageIREAAcross 25: Redesigned client's patternSTENCILAAcross 26: Runs away with sailors across the ChannelABDUCTSAAcross 28: Lay to rest in ancient city before noonINURNAAcross 29: Bones of setter so long with painful stress injuryMETATARSIAAcross 30: Conscription: several in action at seaNATIONAL SERVICEDDown 1: Crack and dent the result of crashGREAT DEPRESSIONDDown 2: Factory functionsWORKSDDown 3: Think idly about doll maybe joker's given to husbandTOY WITHDDown 4: Mostly nice room tidied up for Greek characterOMICRONDDown 5: Young child is losing love for one small fishTIDDLERDDown 6: Nimby is one jumping on my carACRONYMDDown 7: Rash old American supporting the compiler's favourite universityIMPETUOUSDDown 8: Excited girls tour cheese regionGLOUCESTERSHIREDDown 15: Search victim for gun partRIFLE BUTTDDown 16: Mutton producer solver mentionedEWEDDown 18: Opener for Arsenal – on top of game sinceAGODDown 20: Cheat, turning up with Oscar? I'm unable to carry that off!NO CAN DODDown 21: Hat the wrong way around, Miss Woodhouse's predicament?DILEMMADDown 22: Sheds wiry character erected right awayLEAN-TOSDDown 23: Former nun is retiring, becoming pensioner?OLDSTERDDown 27: Dog's firm resistance when going over grit occasionallyCORGI