How do I solve 1 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

1 across reads "A Prime TV broadcast about airline that sucks flying at night" (7,3 letters); the answer is VAMPIRE BAT. It's an anagram clue: the answer is a rearrangement of letters supplied by the clue itself. Look for an indicator like 'mixed', 'broken', 'cooked', or 'wild', and find a phrase whose letters add up to the answer's length. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 6 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

6 across reads "Obscene material corporation's withdrawn" (4 letters); the answer is SMUT. It's a reversal clue: the answer is a word read backwards. Look for indicators like 'back', 'returned', or — in a down clue — 'up' or 'lifted'. Find the source word and reverse it. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 10 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

10 across reads "Quote talking sense" (5 letters); the answer is SIGHT. It's a homophone clue: the answer sounds like another word. Indicators like 'reportedly', 'we hear', or 'sounds like' point to a word that's pronounced similarly to the answer. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 11 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

11 across reads "American Republican, crazy sick old Texan resident?" (9 letters); the answer is ARMADILLO. It's a charade: the answer breaks into parts in clue order, each part clued by a word or short phrase. No indicators needed; watch for standard abbreviations (RA = artist, US = American, IN = at home) and short synonyms. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 12 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

12 across reads "Having dislocated elbow, dad runs off" (5,3 letters); the answer is BELOW PAR. It's an anagram clue: the answer is a rearrangement of letters supplied by the clue itself. Look for an indicator like 'mixed', 'broken', 'cooked', or 'wild', and find a phrase whose letters add up to the answer's length. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 13 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

13 across reads "Manuel's gag starts to upset enraged line of Americans" (5 letters); the answer is QUEUE. It's a charade: the answer breaks into parts in clue order, each part clued by a word or short phrase. No indicators needed; watch for standard abbreviations (RA = artist, US = American, IN = at home) and short synonyms. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 15 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

15 across reads "Give life to a new friend touring Italy" (7 letters); the answer is ANIMATE. It's a container clue: one word goes inside another. Container indicators include 'in', 'around', 'holding', and 'embracing' — identify the outer word, then the inner piece that gets slotted into it. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 17 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

17 across reads "Perrins's saucy partner left dodgy marketing material" (7 letters); the answer is LEAFLET. It's an anagram clue: the answer is a rearrangement of letters supplied by the clue itself. Look for an indicator like 'mixed', 'broken', 'cooked', or 'wild', and find a phrase whose letters add up to the answer's length. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 19 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

19 across reads "Japanese warrior knocked back booze in Asia sozzled" (7 letters); the answer is SAMURAI. It's an anagram clue: the answer is a rearrangement of letters supplied by the clue itself. Look for an indicator like 'mixed', 'broken', 'cooked', or 'wild', and find a phrase whose letters add up to the answer's length. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 21 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

21 across reads "Lethargy of Maître Nicolas following retirement" (7 letters); the answer is INERTIA. It's a letter-selection clue: take specific letters from a longer source. 'First of' means the opening letter, 'extremely' means first + last, 'regularly' means every other letter, 'oddly' / 'evenly' means odd or even positions. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 22 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

22 across reads "Quiet road circling a London landmark" (5 letters); the answer is SHARD. It's a container clue: one word goes inside another. Container indicators include 'in', 'around', 'holding', and 'embracing' — identify the outer word, then the inner piece that gets slotted into it. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 24 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

24 across reads "Debut for Apple phablet leading with large range of letters" (8 letters); the answer is ALPHABET. It's a charade: the answer breaks into parts in clue order, each part clued by a word or short phrase. No indicators needed; watch for standard abbreviations (RA = artist, US = American, IN = at home) and short synonyms. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 27 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

27 across reads "Private guarding tower, one in charge of The Crown?" (9 letters); the answer is INNKEEPER. It's a container clue: one word goes inside another. Container indicators include 'in', 'around', 'holding', and 'embracing' — identify the outer word, then the inner piece that gets slotted into it. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 28 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

28 across reads "In the morning, defending odd bits of Labour record" (5 letters); the answer is ALBUM. It's a letter-selection clue: take specific letters from a longer source. 'First of' means the opening letter, 'extremely' means first + last, 'regularly' means every other letter, 'oddly' / 'evenly' means odd or even positions. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 29 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

29 across reads "Provider of interbank liquidity in Egypt" (4 letters); the answer is NILE. It's a cryptic definition: the whole clue is a playful or punny description of the answer. No wordplay decomposition to do — read laterally and identify what's being described. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 30 across in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

30 across reads "American slogan on X translated into plain English" (5-5 letters); the answer is ANGLO-SAXON. It's an anagram clue: the answer is a rearrangement of letters supplied by the clue itself. Look for an indicator like 'mixed', 'broken', 'cooked', or 'wild', and find a phrase whose letters add up to the answer's length. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 1 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

1 down reads "Huge profits ultimately swallowed up by tax" (4 letters); the answer is VAST. It's a letter-selection clue: take specific letters from a longer source. 'First of' means the opening letter, 'extremely' means first + last, 'regularly' means every other letter, 'oddly' / 'evenly' means odd or even positions. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 2 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

2 down reads "Attractiveness of chap embracing good times at play" (9 letters); the answer is MAGNETISM. It's an anagram clue: the answer is a rearrangement of letters supplied by the clue itself. Look for an indicator like 'mixed', 'broken', 'cooked', or 'wild', and find a phrase whose letters add up to the answer's length. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 3 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

3 down reads "Opening bars: penny off pint, unlimited grog" (5 letters); the answer is INTRO. It's a deletion clue: start with a word the clue points to, then drop one or more letters. Indicators include 'endlessly' (lose the last letter), 'beheaded' (lose the first), or 'heartlessly' (lose the middle). The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 4 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

4 down reads "Former lover, generously proportioned model" (7 letters); the answer is EXAMPLE. It's a charade: the answer breaks into parts in clue order, each part clued by a word or short phrase. No indicators needed; watch for standard abbreviations (RA = artist, US = American, IN = at home) and short synonyms. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 5 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

5 down reads "Endlessly esteem a student officer of the navy" (7 letters); the answer is ADMIRAL. It's a deletion clue: start with a word the clue points to, then drop one or more letters. Indicators include 'endlessly' (lose the last letter), 'beheaded' (lose the first), or 'heartlessly' (lose the middle). The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 7 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

7 down reads "Confused conflict – Middle East's leaders shelter" (5 letters); the answer is MELEE. It's a charade: the answer breaks into parts in clue order, each part clued by a word or short phrase. No indicators needed; watch for standard abbreviations (RA = artist, US = American, IN = at home) and short synonyms. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 8 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

8 down reads "Working on best hardwood, choice cut" (1-4,5 letters); the answer is T-BONE STEAK. It's an anagram clue: the answer is a rearrangement of letters supplied by the clue itself. Look for an indicator like 'mixed', 'broken', 'cooked', or 'wild', and find a phrase whose letters add up to the answer's length. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 9 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

9 down reads "Competent English queen escorted by a romantic partner" (8 letters); the answer is ADEQUATE. It's a container clue: one word goes inside another. Container indicators include 'in', 'around', 'holding', and 'embracing' — identify the outer word, then the inner piece that gets slotted into it. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 14 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

14 down reads "Extemporised notes of stereotypical WI meeting?" (3,7 letters); the answer is JAM SESSION. It's a charade: the answer breaks into parts in clue order, each part clued by a word or short phrase. No indicators needed; watch for standard abbreviations (RA = artist, US = American, IN = at home) and short synonyms. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 16 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

16 down reads "Advanced tricky game daughter condensed" (8 letters); the answer is ABRIDGED. It's a charade: the answer breaks into parts in clue order, each part clued by a word or short phrase. No indicators needed; watch for standard abbreviations (RA = artist, US = American, IN = at home) and short synonyms. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 18 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

18 down reads "Improved security devices from Spooner where the envelope is pushed?" (9 letters); the answer is LETTERBOX. It's a homophone clue: the answer sounds like another word. Indicators like 'reportedly', 'we hear', or 'sounds like' point to a word that's pronounced similarly to the answer. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 20 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

20 down reads "Confused again as Pinochet's accepted" (2,1,4 letters); the answer is IN A SPIN. It's a letter-selection clue: take specific letters from a longer source. 'First of' means the opening letter, 'extremely' means first + last, 'regularly' means every other letter, 'oddly' / 'evenly' means odd or even positions. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 21 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

21 down reads "Endanger sovereign when evacuating area" (7 letters); the answer is IMPERIL. It's a deletion clue: start with a word the clue points to, then drop one or more letters. Indicators include 'endlessly' (lose the last letter), 'beheaded' (lose the first), or 'heartlessly' (lose the middle). The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 23 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

23 down reads "Abolish yearbook after deleting its second article" (5 letters); the answer is ANNUL. It's a deletion clue: start with a word the clue points to, then drop one or more letters. Indicators include 'endlessly' (lose the last letter), 'beheaded' (lose the first), or 'heartlessly' (lose the middle). The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 25 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

25 down reads "Collect first seen in Anglican service" (5 letters); the answer is AMASS. It's a charade: the answer breaks into parts in clue order, each part clued by a word or short phrase. No indicators needed; watch for standard abbreviations (RA = artist, US = American, IN = at home) and short synonyms. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

How do I solve 26 down in Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238?

26 down reads "Warning sign seen at hen night?" (4 letters); the answer is OMEN. It's a hidden-word clue: the answer is spelled out by consecutive letters in the clue itself, often crossing a word boundary. Indicators like 'in', 'some', or 'part of' signal that you're looking at a substring. The full step-by-step breakdown is on this page.

Daily Telegraph Cryptic 31238 — Answers, Hints & Wordplay Explained

1A — A Prime TV broadcast about airline that sucks flying at night (7,3) — VAMPIRE BAT

Definition
Definition found: 'flying at night'
Indicator
Indicator found: 'broadcast'
Operation
'broadcast' signals a anagram operation
Fodder
Fodder: 'A Prime TV airline'
Abbreviation
Abbreviations spotted: 'airline' → BA
Assembly
BA > APRIMETVBA = VAMPIREBAT

Across

1A — A Prime TV broadcast about airline that sucks flying at night (7,3) — VAMPIRE BAT

6A — Obscene material corporation's withdrawn (4) — SMUT

10A — Quote talking sense (5) — SIGHT

11A — American Republican, crazy sick old Texan resident? (9) — ARMADILLO

12A — Having dislocated elbow, dad runs off (5,3) — BELOW PAR

13A — Manuel's gag starts to upset enraged line of Americans (5) — QUEUE

15A — Give life to a new friend touring Italy (7) — ANIMATE

17A — Perrins's saucy partner left dodgy marketing material (7) — LEAFLET

19A — Japanese warrior knocked back booze in Asia sozzled (7) — SAMURAI

21A — Lethargy of Maître Nicolas following retirement (7) — INERTIA

22A — Quiet road circling a London landmark (5) — SHARD

24A — Debut for Apple phablet leading with large range of letters (8) — ALPHABET

27A — Private guarding tower, one in charge of The Crown? (9) — INNKEEPER

28A — In the morning, defending odd bits of Labour record (5) — ALBUM

29A — Provider of interbank liquidity in Egypt (4) — NILE

30A — American slogan on X translated into plain English (5-5) — ANGLO-SAXON

Down

1D — Huge profits ultimately swallowed up by tax (4) — VAST

2D — Attractiveness of chap embracing good times at play (9) — MAGNETISM

3D — Opening bars: penny off pint, unlimited grog (5) — INTRO

4D — Former lover, generously proportioned model (7) — EXAMPLE

5D — Endlessly esteem a student officer of the navy (7) — ADMIRAL

7D — Confused conflict – Middle East's leaders shelter (5) — MELEE

8D — Working on best hardwood, choice cut (1-4,5) — T-BONE STEAK

9D — Competent English queen escorted by a romantic partner (8) — ADEQUATE

14D — Extemporised notes of stereotypical WI meeting? (3,7) — JAM SESSION

16D — Advanced tricky game daughter condensed (8) — ABRIDGED

18D — Improved security devices from Spooner where the envelope is pushed? (9) — LETTERBOX

20D — Confused again as Pinochet's accepted (2,1,4) — IN A SPIN

21D — Endanger sovereign when evacuating area (7) — IMPERIL

23D — Abolish yearbook after deleting its second article (5) — ANNUL

25D — Collect first seen in Anglican service (5) — AMASS

26D — Warning sign seen at hen night? (4) — OMEN