Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 21st May 2024 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 21st May 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Porter regularly ignored nurse's kidPRETENDAAcross 5: Values golf umbrellas initially found in sacksFIGURESAAcross 9: Shakes dresses female's taken offROCKSAAcross 10: Chippy's fish go inCARPENTERAAcross 11: Feeling hot admitting broken promisesIMPRESSIONAAcross 12: Flipping enthusiastic female singerDIVAAAcross 14: Amazingly talented, Tom pens second set of booksOLD TESTAMENTAAcross 18: Where one may find detectives dastardly con criminalSCOTLAND YARDAAcross 21: Thought I had unwrapped gearIDEAAAcross 22: Leave chaps time for area of interestDEPARTMENTAAcross 25: Moving very loudly, European interrupts what thespian is doing?AFFECTINGAAcross 26: Ladies maybe almost set freeLOOSEAAcross 27: Fill out electronic application finally? Great!ENLARGEAAcross 28: Particular thoughtfulnessRESPECTDDown 1: Tolerate what you might do to your hair?PERMITDDown 2: Get free ties with 50 per cent off cloakESCAPEDDown 3: Plant a tree with silly nutsEASTER LILYDDown 4: Cuts off and drops anchorDOCKSDDown 5: Heavyweight boxer gathering debts left angrilyFURIOUSLYDDown 6: European forgetting right anorakGEEKDDown 7: Sold dog hiding in tall grassRETAILEDDDown 8: Coachmen perhaps worry endlessly over collecting transportSERVANTSDDown 13: You might find princesses in these, say, a trifle fabricatedFAIRY TALESDDown 15: Smell before swallowing popular fruitTANGERINEDDown 16: China supports West, but not at first I guessESTIMATEDDown 17: Strong flower put out with temperature droppingPOWERFULDDown 19: Change into suitBECOMEDDown 20: Confirm former military volunteers turned up ahead of examATTESTDDown 23: Bug inside orange rindANGERDDown 24: Half recalled climbing treeACER