Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Monday, 7th October 2024 There are 17 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Monday, 7th October 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Criminal capers leading to awkward predicamentSCRAPEAAcross 5: Living with former lover and current pop starEXISTINGAAcross 9: The French defending a ball into the box in sportLA CROSSEAAcross 9: The French defending a ball into the box in sportLACROSSEAAcross 10: Mongrel running for meatMUTTONAAcross 11: Fresh, cool fish, not guttedINSOLENTAAcross 12: About to cover border with eastern European regionCRIMEAAAcross 13: Daughter on PlayStation maybe cheered upCONSOLEDAAcross 15: Face of toddler, small and cutesyTWEEAAcross 17: The setter getting cloned is a popular internet itemMEMEAAcross 19: Caught in hard rain, a gentle way to remove waterDRAINAGEAAcross 20: Adult is back in cathedral city without troubleEASILYAAcross 21: Expecting family member to tuck into G&T after regular servings of porterPREGNANTAAcross 22: Tips from excellent new informer giving Morse answer for mysteryENIGMAAAcross 23: Running salt mine, getting complaintsAILMENTSAAcross 24: Dance with lover – try to embrace desperate fellow?FANDANGOAAcross 25: Stop sibling appearing in start of Disney filmDESISTDDown 2: Feature entertaining article saying something cutting?CHAIN SAWDDown 2: Feature entertaining article saying something cutting?CHAINSAWDDown 3: Military group in despair, for certainAIR FORCEDDown 4: European, American and more rigorous Asian, sayEASTERNERDDown 5: Musical instrument, one Eric Clapton plays touring IndiaELECTRONIC PIANODDown 6: Motivated Liverpool player following Tottenham, mostlySPURREDDDown 7: Hint from prisoner about appeal getting overturnedINTIMATEDDown 8: Info on lady importing right copper from abroadGENDARMEDDown 14: Ad-men working around fashion mag given decorative coverENAMELLEDDDown 15: Brahms and Liszt fated to get interrupted by figure lacking musical abilityTONE-DEAFDDown 16: Discharge head of Egyptian delegationEMISSIONDDown 17: Being stingy, former queen gets into difficultyMEANNESSDDown 18: Name tags ordered for big-shot businesspeopleMAGNATESDDown 19: Cover up Austen heroine's tough choiceDILEMMA