Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 8th March 2023 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 8th March 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: What Sunak will do at election time – leave the cityGO TO THE COUNTRYAAcross 8: Northerner's home including empty bathroomIGLOOAAcross 9: The full complement of men on board?CHESS SETAAcross 11: Do without women?STAG PARTYAAcross 12: Live healthily after start of dietDWELLAAcross 13: Fan missing large part of cricket matchOVERAAcross 14: Place to study poetry or the cosmosUNIVERSEAAcross 17: Leave behind organised tour – it's heading for ParisOUTSTRIPAAcross 19: Powder used in metal cannonTALCAAcross 23: Plant wound around end of trellisGORSEAAcross 24: Gift wrapping I had for chairpersonPRESIDENTAAcross 25: Arrest mean criminal, e.g. 'Scarface'NICKNAMEAAcross 26: Expert with brief moment for publicity materialPROMOAAcross 27: Our King Richard has directions for novelistCHARLES DICKENSDDown 1: Painter wins over Kensington and Chelsea, sayGAINSBOROUGHDDown 2: Time small town dismisses lead ploughman's workTILLAGEDDown 3: Group of performers travelling to PeruTROUPEDDown 4: I want more energy and new heartENCOREDDown 5: Separately, this makes 11ONE BY ONEDDown 6: Sharp dip made from chopped endives with nothing inNOSE DIVEDDown 6: Sharp dip made from chopped endives with nothing inNOSEDIVEDDown 7: Caviar expensive, it's said? It may be a buckROE DEERDDown 10: Nato articles sorted out disputesALTERCATIONSDDown 15: Wild stare by king and queen for naked intruderSTREAKERDDown 16: Lose or fail to catch fish, we hearMISPLACEDDown 18: Dirty, like a mountain lake?TARNISHDDown 20: Drunk owes me a grandAWESOMEDDown 21: Very famous person's foot?LEGENDDDown 22: Writer admitting current work is a cinematic life storyBIOPIC