Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Monday, 26th August 2024 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Monday, 26th August 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: England fan I help along, curiouslyANGLOPHILEAAcross 6: Some current article by our representativesAMPSAAcross 9: Honour, extremely suitable, carrying a lot of weightOBESEAAcross 10: Bird, about 2.5cm, on cereal husksCHAFFINCHAAcross 12: Starters of dough in stove don't catch fireDISMISSAAcross 13: Trump's unfashionable partyOUTDOAAcross 15: Prohibit gossip, at first, after that lady's affairSHEBANGAAcross 16: A certain loser with mobile phone, ringing old kingNO-HOPERAAcross 18: Perhaps porridge, or nothing at breakfast?OATMEALAAcross 20: Dorothy's pet biting young Weasley in Canadian city?TORONTOAAcross 21: Powerless Captain Hook possibly hopping madIRATEAAcross 23: Lady's partner, at home, protecting a flowerGENTIANAAcross 25: Be told facial hair is a pain for a loverHEARTACHEAAcross 26: Peer emails, oddly, about queenEQUALAAcross 27: Reportedly dreadful worker who colours clothDYERAAcross 28: Moving to Basildon, possible reason for Dracula to go to the launderette?BLOODSTAINDDown 1: Rising star, a runner in Stratford?AVONDDown 2: Failing dieters, e.g. most likely to overindulgeGREEDIESTDDown 3: Hyperbole from country folk in publicOVERSTATEMENTDDown 4: Cutting cybercrimeHACKINGDDown 5: Cordelia is online, concealing illicit romanceLIAISONDDown 7: French painter's day on Spielberg filmMONETDDown 8: Place to study some fish, on northerly dockSCHOOLROOMDDown 11: Reckless behaviour from Ronaldo, if he's playing with sonFOOLHARDINESSDDown 14: Bowled over in Edgbaston, is he? Definitely!ASTONISHEDDDown 17: Crashing plane in US, some land in the seaPENINSULADDown 19: Sensible American who serves in the nearest pubLOGICALDDown 20: Gabriel, say, cutting skin of tomato or citrus fruitTANGELODDown 22: Attractive Stone Age houses aren't emptyAGATEDDown 24: Scottish group is able to imbibe litresCLAN