Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 4th March 2025 There are 17 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 4th March 2025. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Wave plate after foodBRANDISHAAcross 5: Sailor dispatched miles away?ABSENTAAcross 9: Chicken also following a parrotCOCKATOOAAcross 10: Understand article's rageSEETHEAAcross 12: Courier's seen germs spreadingMESSENGERAAcross 13: Family's receiving first of greetings cardsKINGSAAcross 14: To an extent, Musk is spoiling XKISSAAcross 16: Incompetent American friend united with RepublicanAMATEURAAcross 19: Picks stylish sandwiches over ones with half missingCHOICESAAcross 21: Bats stagger backwardsNUTSAAcross 24: Do hit the first ball at Wimbledon?SERVEAAcross 25: Found his table's wonkyESTABLISHAAcross 27: Most senior doctor told he's leaving hospitalOLDESTAAcross 28: What could be ward's disadvantageDRAW BACKAAcross 28: What could be ward's disadvantageDRAWBACKAAcross 29: Horses use the leads so regularlySTEEDSAAcross 30: US general's gathering large crowdsCLUSTERSDDown 1: Uplifting, brilliant book? This writer's flatteredBECAMEDDown 2: Speak to adult about feeACCOSTDDown 3: Explorer departs with playboyDRAKEDDown 4: Cakes smell nice, finally, in shipSPONGESDDown 6: Fat baker's cooked mealBREAKFASTDDown 7: Former lover was prone, stretched outEXTENDEDDDown 8: Think highly of nurse? Almost certainlyTREASUREDDown 11: A rook on each fieldAREADDown 15: Grew wrinkled below hipINCREASEDDDown 17: Hold tool for cuttingSCISSORSDDown 18: Time inside Post Office right next to bankPORRIDGEDDown 20: Expression of shock after son's attemptSEEKDDown 21: Adult ran off – no day's ordinary!NATURALDDown 22: Quietly annoyed robber, in the mainPIRATEDDown 23: Fish start to swim under small rocksSHAKESDDown 26: Game birds with black on topBOWLS