Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Friday, 7th April 2023 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Friday, 7th April 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Backing track's infused with energy as wellBESIDESAAcross 5: One stocking rolls round on rollerBREAKERAAcross 9: Back uniform required for worshipperHINDUAAcross 10: Second Starfleet win – Klingon's capturedTWINKLINGAAcross 11: Very good being in possession of unusually rational brain?VITAL ORGANAAcross 12: 'Duck' backed what he did on Dock of the BayOTISAAcross 14: Dancing a cancan, quite intimate? Not quite!ACQUAINTANCEAAcross 18: Imposing ecofriendly sports venuePUTTING GREENAAcross 21: Record's entered when they go almost three miles highALPSAAcross 22: Pub garden rage, gulping whiskey – it's spikedBARBED WIREAAcross 25: We learn that king today left to go to borderKNOWLEDGEAAcross 26: Both sides missed blatant spinning of one's deliveryNATALAAcross 27: Pot found in army vehicle parked by a roadTANKARDAAcross 28: Defect son's spotted in courseDESSERTDDown 1: Act to make Belgium and Spain secureBEHAVEDDown 2: Reason to head north, because it's in New YorkSANITYDDown 3: Facial feature that could give good health?DOUBLE CHINDDown 4: Traitor's written up something heard in IndiaSITARDDown 5: Officer could get broken rib, I ragedBRIGADIERDDown 6: Some beasts wetly kiss, missing occasionallyELKSDDown 7: Jersey's assembly in progress?KNITTINGDDown 8: Get Out of Denver, e.g., is terrific recordREGISTERDDown 13: Escorts in nurse, supported by soldiersATTENDANTSDDown 15: Exposed rashUNGUARDEDDDown 16: Blue-chip maker put in liquidation?UPMARKETDDown 17: Resign, not working after favourite's taken overSTEP DOWNDDown 19: Something waiter's given to European creepTIPTOEDDown 20: Core unit of dozens, a large number being radicalZEALOTDDown 23: Capital Radio's cultivatedBREADDDown 24: Parasite's request not soft-headed but the oppositeFLEA