The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2023 04 09

The Telegraph Cryptic

crossword answers

Clue	Answer
Writer of clues, each straight: a cryptic suffocating yours truly	AGATHACHRISTIE
Very hot oven in arena	ROASTING
Swimmer heading for home going off course	HERRING
Snatch some shuteye after child	KIDNAP
Revolutionary sharing decoration	GARNISH
Red flower in front of blue, somewhere to go	LAVATORY
Preference for steak? I applaud you	WELLDONE
Party drink, big hit	PUNCH
Most preferred, Freud and Van Eyck, primarily	FAVE
Letter -- or card?	CHARACTER
Each winning	AHEAD
Discover a little gnu near Thetford	UNEARTH
Country girl's back in an Indian state	ANGOLA
An upright character welcomed by worker in woolly hat	BEANIE