Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 28th August 2024 There are 14 across clues and 18 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 28th August 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Awfully hard potato father failing to finish immediatelyAT THE DROP OF A HATAAcross 9: Weird admirer thanks Rod endlesslyFANTASTICAAcross 10: Undergrad's heart checked by you once in Trinity?THREEAAcross 11: Floor planLAY OUTAAcross 12: African antelope? The setter's friend with answerIMPALAAAcross 15: Steady tweeter has gone madSWEETHEARTAAcross 17: Conservative fine with European fuelCOKEAAcross 19: Very small part in rejected demo tapeATOMAAcross 20: Romantic note from landlady with nothing on?LOVE LETTERAAcross 22: Advanced through tracks where birds are gatheredAVIARYAAcross 23: Test series past 500 runsDASHESAAcross 28: Amplify Charles and Johnnie perhaps for the audienceRAISEAAcross 29: Tommy showing? Stick at it!SOLDIER ONAAcross 30: Legendary swimmer left windy shore with Scotsmen around noonLOCH NESS MONSTERDDown 1: No heading for legal rubbishAWFULDDown 2: Tense Yankee drinking pub beer in Sydney?TINNYDDown 3: Returning east, Greek character hollow and emptyEVACUATEDDown 4: Assess speedRATEDDown 5: Scarred grassland ridiculed by SpoonerPOCKMARKEDDDown 6: Rich and powerful person from Florida upset PrudenceFAT CATDDown 7: Locally hot before a boxing matchHEREABOUTDDown 8: Last touch of paint on miniature is prettyTWEEDDown 13: Pleasant situation, or a thorny one?BED OF ROSESDDown 14: Prophet close to Chaucer south of Canterbury?SEERDDown 15: Block small dogSLABDDown 16: Tossing a coin, game's narcissistEGOMANIACDDown 18: Maybe son's resistance over GleeRELATIONDDown 21: Play at home and admit defeatGIVE INDDown 24: Arthur still collecting woodHURSTDDown 25: I must leave older Spanish gentlemanSENORDDown 26: Boundless confidence for examORALDDown 27: Fruit drops rapidly, 50 per cent offPLUM