Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 15th February 2023

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 15th February 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Plundered mains supply – there's still hope	NIL DESPERANDUM
AAcross 10:	Mina covered with cream is knock out!
AAcross 11:	Father with new femme fatale
AAcross 12:	Surpassed in guile – by Basil Brush?
AAcross 13:	Composer sacrificing son for a Hindu deity
AAcross 15:	Send mum one pound
AAcross 17:	Dog sleigh crow tampered with	WELSH CORGI
AAcross 19:	Revolution in each canton? That won't happen!	NOT A CHANCE
AAcross 20:	Turn sign around for submarine captain	NEMO
AAcross 22:	Commercial break without purpose
AAcross 23:	Men work on time, needing a snack
AAcross 26:	The Northern Hemisphere?
AAcross 27:	Joined Labour Party?	CHAIN GANG
AAcross 28:	Primitive sort near the land by isle	NEANDERTHAL MAN
DDown 2:	Private documents one sent up to Charlie
DDown 3:	Scale Nimrod used differently?	D MINOR
DDown 4:	Asset with mice all over the place, bring in a feline	SIAMESE CAT
DDown 5:	Still all square
DDown 6:	Painting by Pollock perhaps intangible
DDown 7:	Brunette seen with Arab – mysterious candidate	DARK HORSE
DDown 8:	Fruit found by Chinese round stove	MANDARIN ORANGE
DDown 9:	Mention comrade for new position – as this does?
DDown 14:	Violent criminal blocks way with extremely scary axe
DDown 16:	Among other things at airline mishandled	INTER ALIA
DDown 18:	Platform turned upside-down in watery burn
DDown 21:	Getting into flat on a ladder, without a key!
DDown 24:	Capital has to be held in Californian city
DDown 25:	Endless fright and surgery reminder?