Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Friday, 11th October 2024 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Friday, 11th October 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Rebel Conservative comes in for attack initially during debacleDEFECTAAcross 4: King, welcomed by pop group in Welsh cityWREXHAMAAcross 9: Walking unsteadily having put on jewellerySHAMBLINGAAcross 10: Oppose what to do to boarders?REPELAAcross 11: Peer over there before much time's elapsedEARLY ONAAcross 12: Person maybe running late, he's struggling to keep timeATHLETEAAcross 13: Mostly think album needs cracking digital coverTHUMBNAILAAcross 16: Report lieutenant's back to baseNOISEAAcross 17: Gives way to fancied players, we hearCEDESAAcross 18: Line ignored by this golfer, strangely showing prescienceFORESIGHTAAcross 21: Apply pressure, bound to remove leaderPERTAINAAcross 22: Forty Poles say animal's coat wants trimming?FURLONGAAcross 25: Develop physiqueBUILDAAcross 26: Practising self-restraint elsewhere involving moneyABSTINENTAAcross 27: Glut of English Cheddar, perhaps around NovemberENGORGEAAcross 28: Somewhat revolutionary design on Nepalese flagPENNONDDown 1: Succeeded probing modest ancestryDESCENTDDown 2: Gift is close to legal, just aboutFLAIRDDown 3: No end of rancour in bad-tempered taxi-driverCABBYDDown 4: Bird keen to eat maggots occasionallyWAGTAILDDown 5: Old US lawman detailed reputable listening devicesEARPHONESDDown 6: Fashionable shaven-headed fellow, writer in vogue essentiallyHAPPENINGDDown 7: French playwright's rather entertaining storyMOLIEREDDown 8: City of Lausanne I visited, heading northVIENNADDown 14: Subordinate tiring ultimately after stress, lacking energyUNDERLINGDDown 15: Witness Derby's running when holding functionBYSTANDERDDown 17: Qualified limit on medicine in pill form exposedCAPABLEDDown 18: Ostentatious display of grub available at Wembley?FANFAREDDown 19: Say No To Litter!REFUSEDDown 20: Screw up Superman for the audienceTIGHTENDDown 23: Grow fruit, not in middle of fieldRAISEDDown 24: Extremely old European working for cinema chainODEON