Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Friday, 3rd May 2024 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Friday, 3rd May 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Old London show venue lures actor to performEARLS COURTAAcross 6: Banker about to become a starNOVAAAcross 9: Maybe the port in Yorkshire that produces yarn?TWINEAAcross 10: Creator of Rich Tea crackers backed by courtARCHITECTAAcross 12: During muster recalled soldiers needing time for self-analysisINTROSPECTIONAAcross 14: In retirement intend to purchase tall adult treeMAGNOLIAAAcross 15: French city narksANGERSAAcross 17: Close to lunch, number reaching hill top?HEIGHTAAcross 19: Collect brass emblems to some extentASSEMBLEAAcross 21: Crazy heartless rules man obeyed excessivelyBEYOND MEASUREAAcross 24: References elements of magic act being changed initiallyALLUSIONSAAcross 25: Raw wound son ignoredNAKEDAAcross 26: Fire rifleSACKAAcross 27: Sport Neil wants to play around noonLAWN TENNISDDown 1: Has meal with bridge player, seconds coming laterEATSDDown 2: Cultivating fruit over middle of pergolaRAISINGDDown 3: Affectionate words of love between dessert coursesSWEET NOTHINGSDDown 4: Musical work regularly got reaction, Duran Duran hitORATORIODDown 5: Go over again right speed for turningRECAPDDown 7: Past prison sentence undermines individualONE-TIMEDDown 8: Shocked at one's dish being chopped upASTONISHEDDDown 11: Irrelevance of trendy suit Tory is wearingINCONSEQUENCEDDown 13: Swimmers able to do the crawl?AMPHIBIANSDDown 16: One given contract perhaps when almost impertinent throughoutASSASSINDDown 18: Extremely inconvenienced, unknown students I caught getting romanticIDYLLICDDown 20: Robbery from Scottish bank family reportedBREAK-INDDown 22: Old lady pinching occasionally not only moneyMOOLADDown 23: Originally rejected Liverpool comedian's chancesODDS