Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 5th November 2024 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 5th November 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Dress Oscar in the woman's footwearDECK SHOEAAcross 5: Seasoned Conservative glimpsed on the peripherySPICEDAAcross 10: Cream can tour a lot and sing 1968 hitCONGRATULATIONSAAcross 11: Feeling old, one breaks two legsOPINIONAAcross 12: Devotees hugging queen's companionsFRIENDSAAcross 13: Made with rare, refined sugarDEMERARAAAcross 15: Elegance from good peopleGRACEAAcross 18: T-Rex traditionally eats more than necessaryEXTRAAAcross 20: Keep quiet, respecting tennis player's first shotPRESERVEAAcross 23: Term almost enthrals every schoolmaster?TEACHERAAcross 25: I regularly clean church after Cardinal finally gives permissionLICENCEAAcross 26: Bikini? Mum's is wet and coming offSWIMMING COSTUMEAAcross 27: Zooms around sea in shipSPEEDSAAcross 28: Keep on cutting short person? These could protect woundsPLASTERSDDown 1: Quack from teal on river, initially, after fish turned upDOCTORDDown 2: Comfortable houses in Europe?CONTINENTDDown 3: Sermon only half wrong? You might experience this in churchSERVICEDDown 4: Nothing fine on X on a regular basisOFTENDDown 6: What one's doing at golf club? ParkingPUTTINGDDown 7: Fool around with blue noteCLOWNDDown 8: Penny is sitting on plant – catastrophe!DISASTERDDown 9: Former lover getting on with female? Hard to believeOLD FLAMEDDown 14: Presumed father's upset with mother?APPARENTDDown 16: Excitement from organising nude rave - about time!ADVENTUREDDown 17: People who check crowns – different kinds – test if king's scratchedDENTISTSDDown 19: Article not genuine? Editor's embarrassedASHAMEDDDown 21: Forgives previous girlfriend, say, then swears Romeo's vanishedEXCUSESDDown 22: Divulges missing end of tea partiesREVELSDDown 24: Tolerate a US president? Not quiteABIDEDDown 25: Some alcohol a colleague picked up for boozerLOCAL