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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 freezingBELOW 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 secretIN CAMERA
DDown 8: Be careful of loose female rabbit ahead of restEASY DOES IT
DDown 13: Frighten head of section during discussion in plantCOW-PARSLEY
DDown 15: Thoroughly at home, always? Blimey!WELL I NEVER
DDown 17: A gimme? Check if absolutely necessaryAT 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
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