The Telegraph Cryptic puzzle clues 2026 May 11

• Acting detective let his gun off Crossword Clue
• Bags of time following clumsy bloke by end of landing Crossword Clue
• Beds made from cut up cedars left inside Crossword Clue
• Cursed bishop went on for a long time Crossword Clue
• Dodge publicity welcomed by the First Lady Crossword Clue
• Engineer operated without leader or bureaucracy Crossword Clue
• Exceed acceptable limits when praising bit of test, for example, by head of geography Crossword Clue
• Flower faeries dancing (7) Crossword Clue
• Game found in trunk missing base and top of spinner Crossword Clue
• Glance shiftily, taking in the setter being saintly Crossword Clue
• Inventor put back float on and off Crossword Clue
• Left direction for poorest Crossword Clue
• Locks small son in forest perhaps Crossword Clue
• Nerd you and I put in base to the west Crossword Clue
• News of strikes after IT returns Crossword Clue
• One mammal thanks another group in combat Crossword Clue
• Popular street with one barrier to start Crossword Clue
• Quietly lounge drug-free by a public square Crossword Clue
• Record a go at clue being rewritten Crossword Clue
• Relative with time to give Crossword Clue
• Replacement in box with record and drawing Crossword Clue
• Rescue avian lost at sea Crossword Clue
• Reserve position for material Crossword Clue
• Reunite regularly with alcohol and twist Crossword Clue
• Show Mark fishing gear, we hear Crossword Clue
• Shy female in party surly every so often Crossword Clue
• Soared around clutching uniform getting hot Crossword Clue
• Stuffy broadcast by the French succeeded Crossword Clue
• Swell line crossed by canoe perhaps Crossword Clue
• Tempts hospital department with sorbets Crossword Clue
• Weirdo bold lad upset Crossword Clue
• Wise saint loses heart eating pastry Crossword Clue