Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Friday, 31st May 2024 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Friday, 31st May 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Pacify students occupying university? On the contraryLULLAAcross 3: Baby one weighs in oz or mg?SMALL-SCALEAAcross 9: Position makes sense in hearingSITEAAcross 10: The original rock festival venue?STONEHENGEAAcross 11: American fighter, hard element, protecting service animalGIRAFFEAAcross 13: Charter again for freeRELEASEAAcross 14: Image of an off-duty PCSCREEN SAVERAAcross 18: One's paid just to sit downCOVER CHARGEAAcross 21: Rose maybe showing leg in church wedding with RomeoCLIMBERAAcross 22: Hold back crowd that's following onREPRESSAAcross 23: Comical as in Mr Men's typical quirksMANNERISMSAAcross 24: Charged with foul, overturnedLIVEAAcross 25: Chance in 100 I'd mind going without starterINCIDENTALAAcross 26: Stick bottle where son will keep outFLAKDDown 1: Eleventh-hour stay, parking to fill up with petrol in Florida?LAST-GASPDDown 2: Being like this, I try Lear for a change …LITERARYDDown 4: … part of Shakespeare's art (Poe would give it a twisted ending)METREDDown 5: Coming from Milan, drove rough-terrain vehicleLAND ROVERDDown 6: Busted or Clash's in for award?SCHOLARSHIPDDown 7: Cancel receiving a regular publicationANNUALDDown 8: Rolled up during Ramadan Eve – left shortly before midnightELEVENDDown 12: Stick to butter!FRENCH BREADDDown 15: Queen gold disc?SOVEREIGNDDown 16: Liberty – female rising from stone in the water, first to witness sufferingFREE WILLDDown 17: Reporters from all quarters meeting some French kingNEWS DESKDDown 19: Food from the south is sent round Butlin's?SCAMPIDDown 20: Tea perhaps using cream jug, needing to lose kilo eachPICNICDDown 22: Weird graduate that's been seen on StrictlyRUMBA