Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 25th May 2023

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 25th May 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	A real turn-up's somehow being psychic
AAcross 9:	Conservative, safe and dreary
AAcross 10:	Unlocks last of zoo cages
AAcross 11:	Cause trouble on hospital department
AAcross 12:	One's taken in show seeing Nirvana
AAcross 13:	Life of priest in strange order
AAcross 15:	Shallow breath follows somersault
AAcross 18:	Oglers, I fancy, surrounding a harem
AAcross 19:	Count of French prison died
AAcross 21:	Express contains dire empty testimony
AAcross 23:	Power in rifles, they're sometimes shot!
AAcross 26:	Drink while consumed by drink
AAcross 27:	Free from sex, one rat explained …
AAcross 28:	… odd meaning about word 'sex'
DDown 1:	Conceal inside story on sweetheart
DDown 2:	Works quietly with line worker
DDown 3:	Left crew circling English Channel?
DDown 4:	Top primate with cross
DDown 5:	United Nations' record is wavering
DDown 6:	Perfume from a foreign capital
DDown 7:	Destroy revolting rodents in time
DDown 8:	Claim sounds like a sure thing
DDown 14:	Adherent of pop art is a nut
DDown 16:	Stop drinking endless beer, it's common
DDown 17:	Individual round Alien Queen uprising
DDown 18:	Some fantasies taboo for sleep
DDown 20:	Fool, say, beginning to succumb in wilderness
DDown 22:	Finished school, reportedly
DDown 24:	Initially intelligent? No, alas, not exactly!
DDown 25:	Destruction of atmosphere reversed