Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 28th February 2023 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 28th February 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Backlash concerning section of the orchestraREPERCUSSIONAAcross 9: Simon said strange acknowledgementADMISSIONAAcross 10: Prime Minister on the radio? Blast!BLAREAAcross 11: Northern Ireland flipping certain to get guaranteeINSUREAAcross 12: Make miserable, good-looking person cut hairDISTRESSAAcross 13: My boss improved it originally? Only partlyEDITORAAcross 15: Scared small birdsCHICKENSAAcross 18: Relaxed at home with kind American studentINFORMALAAcross 19: What leisurely walker did – risked going toplessAMBLEDAAcross 21: Wind up judgeCONCLUDEAAcross 23: Soft drink, please – just halfSUPPLEAAcross 26: Spots 1,000 boatsMARKSAAcross 27: Doctor has spoilt his places of workHOSPITALSAAcross 28: First of cigars and old male appeals for matchesCOMPETITIONSDDown 1: Material that is wrapped around small twigREALISEDDown 2: Persistently questions upper-class politicians under pressurePUMPSDDown 3: Turbulent river rose creating large body of waterRESERVOIRDDown 4: University can upset single personUNITDDown 5: Dawn reveals this insult about United NationsSUNLIGHTDDown 6: Sphere of action in government I brought upORBITDDown 7: See you scoff very muchFAREWELLDDown 8: Acts to secure son's mealsFEASTSDDown 14: Group of soldiers finding young child on railwayINFANTRYDDown 16: Red tonic mum's drunkCOMMUNISTDDown 17: Need solid vesselHARDSHIPDDown 18: One new scoop oddly dropped this writer's earningsINCOMEDDown 20: Bandages doctor, with ease, seems to get cut evenlyDRESSESDDown 22: Cowboy may hold this girl with nothing on? On the contraryLASSODDown 24: Joanna's leg enthralling a head of orthopaedicsPIANODDown 25: Keeps staring, to an extent – this might attract attentionPSST