Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 10th October 2024 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 10th October 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Off circling globe being receptiveABSORBENTAAcross 6: Boycott facing grand strikeBANGAAcross 10: Top barristers showing class on boardSILKSAAcross 11: Fish list, say, seen in chippyCARPENTERAAcross 12: Rumours sweep before return of sonSCANDALAAcross 13: Caught old band covering Queen setCOTERIEAAcross 14: Drink, somewhat hotter, a man rejectedAMARETTOAAcross 16: Secretly probed inside enemy defences, initiallySPIEDAAcross 19: Reversing technologically advanced vehiclesTRAMSAAcross 21: Server site's involved with raw rubbishWAITRESSAAcross 24: Insect with horrible guts in soil?BEGRIMEAAcross 25: Gospel member part of church recalledEVANGELAAcross 27: Found asylum, maybe?INSTITUTEAAcross 28: Butterfly mutating originally in inactive stateCOMMAAAcross 29: Pinch leading to prisonNICKAAcross 30: Severe rashDESPERATEDDown 1: Lass is tantalised embracing partnerASSISTANTDDown 2: Hot saucy stuff seen in danceSALSADDown 3: Make one's home including posh groundsRESIDUEDDown 4: Climb ruined castle capturing a baseESCALATEDDown 5: Describe going round hot old regionTHRACEDDown 7: Flat reef destroyed around island paradiseAFTERLIFEDDown 8: Greedily devour Cheddar, for exampleGORGEDDown 9: Arrival's announced getting to docksBERTHSDDown 15: Painkiller easing with calm almost settlingANALGESICDDown 17: For bug infection takes pill occasionallyDISPLEASEDDown 18: Sloppy kiss hugging large sweetheartCARELESSDDown 20: Possibly rum characterSPIRITDDown 22: Slice spread in empty tableTRANCHEDDown 23: Rich reserve protecting European CommissionFECUNDDDown 24: Infant Magi finally found inside stableBAIRNDDown 26: Capital of Greece in GreekGAMMA