Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Monday, 23rd December 2024 There are 16 across clues and 15 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Monday, 23rd December 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Eccentric items which often contain jokesCRACKERSAAcross 6: Unpopular film one roasted at this time of year?TURKEYAAcross 9: A-lister beginning but not endingSTARAAcross 10: Rogue recalled catching popular pantoCINDERELLAAAcross 11: Female pal redesigned national emblemMAPLE LEAFAAcross 12: Sailors holding small rulersTSARSAAcross 14: Season with European football clubWINTERAAcross 16: Cancels party, tucking into Guinness every so oftenUNDOESAAcross 19: Skint person's urge to enter pubBEGGARAAcross 20: Decoration made of metal and odd bits of steelTINSELAAcross 22: Hans unwrapped styling product for good personANGELAAcross 24: Describe dealing with seasonal offeringREPRESENTAAcross 27: Don't touch a kind of meat eaten by extremely lovable individualLEAVE ALONEAAcross 28: Perhaps a drift south, at this timeSNOWAAcross 29: Former ruler's penning article journalist deletedERASEDAAcross 30: Important people liking pinstriped clothesKINGPINSDDown 2: Ceremony suitable for everyone in criminal trialRITUALDDown 3: Roughly swaying and singing songsCAROLLINGDDown 4: A castle's reconstructed around gold staircasesESCALATORSDDown 5: Maybe worker admitted to charming quality – a deliveryman?SANTADDown 6: Figure kicking out husband is Holly, perhapsTREEDDown 7: Pieces of film showing dancesREELSDDown 8: General ordered first of depots to get blown upENLARGEDDDown 13: Person who smuggles drug during prohibition, or a vegetableRUNNER BEANDDown 15: Climbing hill is rubbishROTDDown 17: Press Sue to change after daughter puts on fineryDRESSES UPDDown 18: Dancer, say, in Rolls Royce crossing a German riverREINDEERDDown 21: Order Joanna to divide number upENJOINDDown 23: European is fond of ignoring old folkloric creaturesELVESDDown 25: Something to peruse close to nature reserveE-BOOKDDown 26: Conveyer of seasonal greetings displaying witCARD