Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Monday, 20th March 2023 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Monday, 20th March 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Record of Hungarian composer broadcastLISTAAcross 3: Trip with mates, I suspect, that's good for moraleTEAM SPIRITAAcross 9: Work adding a large gemstoneOPALAAcross 10: Newspaper columnist on houses?ASTROLOGERAAcross 11: That man's Conservative backgroundHISTORYAAcross 13: One failing to get a place in annals, or annalALSO-RANAAcross 14: Indiscreet, facing conflict in plantLOOSESTRIFEAAcross 18: Curiously OTT about a medium hit by private record labelTAMLA MOTOWNAAcross 21: Famous rapper, short name, close to retirementEMINENTAAcross 22: Initially find us in genuine denialREFUSALAAcross 23: Popular signs, conspicuousIN EVIDENCEAAcross 24: Church dignitary heading off sometime soonANONAAcross 24: Church dignitary heading off sometime soonANON.AAcross 25: American boarding train for famous race meetingROYAL ASCOTAAcross 26: Dam – peculiar, no endWEIRDDown 1: Predicament after syndicate raised an ambiguity in contract?LOOPHOLEDDown 2: Photo of unexpected attempt on goalSNAPSHOTDDown 4: Try Spain and its capital, for exampleESSAYDDown 5: Drink at marriage, endless bubblyMARGARITADDown 6: Accomplished cricket side eliminatedPOLISHED OFFDDown 7: Relation in careREGARDDDown 8: Bully, in reality, ran theatreTYRANTDDown 12: Obvious ambassador fell, being elderly?OVER THE HILLDDown 15: Femme fatale, very French, surrounded by some office workers?TEMPTRESSDDown 16: Two knights full of love and feeling for bull!NONSENSEDDown 17: Wisecrack from individual on shipONE-LINERDDown 19: No rise, strangely, for one of higher rankSENIORDDown 20: Suffering like Scrooge, perhaps, having lost poundMISERYDDown 22: Page parish minister shortenedRECTO