Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 12th December 2024

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 12th December 2024. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Relish maybe invitation from florist on the telephone
AAcross 6:	Almost reject inducement
AAcross 10:	Mount of Dettori an issue somewhat in retrospect
AAcross 11:	Ointment female succeeded to purchase works
AAcross 12:	Notice Fred on TV wasting time, terribly cocky	OVER-CONFIDENT
AAcross 14:	Ben read novel about eastern Scottish city
AAcross 16:	Old revolutionary talked at length	WENT ON
AAcross 18:	Content of paperback, it's cheap trash
AAcross 20:	Obvious energy behind book two friends will pen
AAcross 22:	What children learn from cursory bursary?	NURSERY RHYMES
AAcross 26:	Journalistic set that would use unorthodox recruitment methods	PRESS GANG
AAcross 27:	Quiet musical work broadcast
AAcross 28:	Notice Fair-Isle sweaters, say, making comeback
AAcross 29:	One from Paris meeting fiancée perhaps, not planned
DDown 1:	Promote hot drink on the counter
DDown 2:	Excuse swindle perpetrated
DDown 3:	Fond of American previously in uniform
DDown 4:	Touring Connecticut, graze below hip becomes septic
DDown 5:	Mark new cloth
DDown 7:	Extrapolate scheme
DDown 8:	Like some glasses of wine, receiving note it's dodgy!	ROSE-TINTED
DDown 9:	Begin to play rap at university	STRIKE UP
DDown 13:	Cheeky child of sailor initially pinched hors d'oeuvres
DDown 15:	Moderate scare about entering river
DDown 17:	Detailed page on the rough cause of disease
DDown 19:	Deport criminal over supplying weapon
DDown 21:	Shoot involving celebrity, one taking flight?
DDown 23:	Long period of time before delicatessen's closing
DDown 24:	Tailless simian stops climbing tree, finding another one
DDown 25:	Principal crisis