Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 1st October 2024 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 1st October 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Much obliged about nails for carpetsATTACKSAAcross 5: Changes into suitsBECOMESAAcross 9: Scowl from short, vacuous womanFROWNAAcross 10: Take out spaniel – I'm in a temper, somewhatELIMINATEAAcross 11: Play rough, trapping dad, perhaps, by all accountsAPPARENTLYAAcross 12: The wild US presidentBUSHAAcross 14: Large mammal's at this spot, we're told, for a plantELEPHANTS-EARAAcross 18: Unusual virus – see it in places of learningUNIVERSITIESAAcross 21: Refrain from eating lard, maybe keeping smallFASTAAcross 22: Wrestling drunk turns giggly, almostSTRUGGLINGAAcross 25: Spiritual resistance by priest good with debts?RELIGIOUSAAcross 26: So hot in French churchHENCEAAcross 27: Doctor interferes, removing male's bandagesDRESSESAAcross 28: What fisherman did after knot finally formed a twisted messTANGLEDDDown 1: Encounter two females cutting a fishAFFRAYDDown 2: Walks over in harbour, going north then southTROOPSDDown 3: Limited scam provoked controversy onlineCONTROLLEDDDown 4: Oddly, setter is no mugSTEINDDown 5: Wife leaves bust in twill bra? FantasticBRILLIANTDDown 6: Hit Charlie on cheekCLIPDDown 7: Drink outside certainly consideredMEASUREDDDown 8: Watch over the woman putting pressure on her daughterSHEPHERDDDown 13: Cook sent gran out of area, holding the beef upSTRENGTHENDDown 15: Arranges appointmentsPOSITIONSDDown 16: Foul feud ref's put up withSUFFEREDDDown 17: Wind up detectives on crackDISSOLVEDDown 19: Initially, snooker international gets nowhere with a large cueSIGNALDDown 20: Confessed a sinAGREEDDDown 23: At college, class gets disturbedUPSETDDown 24: Young male servants scrubbing quietly for a long timeAGES