Telegraph Cryptic Answers

Monday, 16th October 2023

There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Monday, 16th October 2023. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	Foreign article describing invention
AAcross 10:	Girl captured by race, one associated with a fictional land
AAcross 11:	Old lady facing powerful dog
AAcross 12:	Following a nasty bad dream
AAcross 13:	Mean fellow hiding last of wine
AAcross 14:	Further down, duck may be freezing	BELOW ZERO
AAcross 16:	Act in various roles in sport, having a number of caps?	WEAR SEVERAL HATS
AAcross 19:	Finished among a group left behind
AAcross 21:	Bar in Berlin – go there
AAcross 23:	Pebbles one's found around hotel
AAcross 25:	French police chief with judge in centre of appeal court
AAcross 27:	Come across knight tucking into energy bar
AAcross 28:	Still short, runner's odds maybe
DDown 1:	Sheep station, say, a long way? Miles
DDown 2:	Concern after conclusion of government paper
DDown 3:	Unwilling, being poorly
DDown 4:	Page about super house, small in size
DDown 5:	Police psychologist, perhaps in favour of lifer receiving treatment
DDown 6:	Amaze as trick detailed
DDown 7:	American manoeuvring kept secret	IN CAMERA
DDown 8:	Be careful of loose female rabbit ahead of rest	EASY DOES IT
DDown 13:	Frighten head of section during discussion in plant	COW-PARSLEY
DDown 15:	Thoroughly at home, always? Blimey!	WELL I NEVER
DDown 17:	A gimme? Check if absolutely necessary	AT A PINCH
DDown 18:	Sell Tate off causing family feud
DDown 20:	Set off in race holding record
DDown 22:	Man's water heater, from what we hear
DDown 24:	Disease picked up round middle of January
DDown 26:	International try