Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 16th February 2023

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

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Help when one's stuck in position
AAcross 6:	Drive with parking on slope
AAcross 10:	Defend former partner left in drag
AAcross 11:	Say, a space turned into berth
AAcross 12:	Analysis of chap facing madness
AAcross 13:	Pips best players
AAcross 15:	Buries old doctors on hospital department
AAcross 17:	Excuse could be so naive
AAcross 19:	Blocks forces capturing a rook
AAcross 21:	Student more inadequate taking arithmetic?
AAcross 22:	Complete havoc, anarchy or shambles initially
AAcross 24:	Sweetheart is trying to retain style
AAcross 27:	Capital is strong following detailed warning
AAcross 28:	Cook, large inside, getting more slender
AAcross 29:	Language is Queen's English
AAcross 30:	Dodgy hip, so rests hip replacement?
DDown 1:	Last word from alpha males
DDown 2:	Second drink follows drink
DDown 3:	Quiet beer possibly source of gas
DDown 4:	Makes hard queen say less occasionally
DDown 5:	Struggle with advance embracing sweetheart
DDown 7:	Conscious of strife in hospital department
DDown 8:	Joke from proletariat about Labour's leader
DDown 9:	Endless dessert, also called foreign delicacy
DDown 14:	Wretched 'celebs' paid to go wild
DDown 16:	Beneath sea one finds tarry anchor
DDown 18:	Halfwit on air with smug broadcast
DDown 20:	Possibly dirty small talk
DDown 21:	Share applications for plants
DDown 23:	A sailor turns up world map
DDown 25:	Actress's last desire to be fashionable
DDown 26:	Reportedly makes vases