Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 1st February 2023

There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 1st February 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Put down drink
AAcross 5:	The lad's in a sort of club that's tacky
AAcross 9:	Ramblers may find such a place of comfort	BED OF ROSES
AAcross 10:	Milk pinched from upright moralist?
AAcross 11:	Period that may be racist is rewritten
AAcross 12:	Call wearing the Spanish coat
AAcross 13:	Surrealist needing energy for a retail outlet
AAcross 15:	Rough sailor varies at sea
AAcross 18:	Short sweet dish alternatively known as main course
AAcross 19:	Wrong women in a line
AAcross 21:	Group that's not working provide a counterbalance
AAcross 23:	Reveal a new grammatical term before church
AAcross 25:	16 perhaps losing head as result of injury
AAcross 26:	Sinister business that's apparent throughout the universe	DARK MATTER
AAcross 27:	Money going with teachers for sugary snack
AAcross 28:	Try blocking extremely serious cuts
DDown 2:	Singular ruin
DDown 3:	Inconsistencies as some nail a criminal
DDown 4:	This is why broadcast is contrary to religious belief
DDown 5:	Upset to see poll down?	AS SICK AS A PARROT
DDown 6:	Somewhere to stay could be shortly arranged – outside Spain
DDown 7:	Pair oddly seen in marine tint
DDown 8:	Weakness accepting nothing finished in narration	VOICE-OVER
DDown 14:	Former love keeps away here in France by virtue of job	EX OFFICIO
DDown 16:	Act of law covering alien image
DDown 17:	Man stood trembling, seeing such a creature
DDown 20:	Point, welcoming North American hatred
DDown 22:	Quiet game, golf – show indifference
DDown 24:	Acquit Conservative writer and illustrator