Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 12th April 2023

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 12th April 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Depressing affair with the French flu spreading
AAcross 5:	Clear – and unaware having left one out
AAcross 9:	Reduce score
AAcross 10:	Service provider boffin lacking case to confront cold headless monster
AAcross 11:	Best six won fighting for this in court	WITNESS BOX
AAcross 12:	Fish barrel, say, without cover
AAcross 14:	Mother's upset with son beset by criticism – drink in here?	THERMOS FLASK
AAcross 18:	Proceed controversially welcoming monarch and Republican hierarchy	PECKING ORDER
AAcross 21:	Could this be hidden by residents in kitchen?
AAcross 22:	Charge for each favourite to commit?
AAcross 25:	This may mean hell if any sidled off	DEADLY SIN
AAcross 26:	Locates tourist attractions for broadcast
AAcross 27:	The sauce of American sailor captured by Civil Defence
AAcross 28:	What may be smoked by champion in bed?
DDown 1:	Refuse to acknowledge racket surrounding pig
DDown 2:	Sign outside worker's shed	LEAN-TO
DDown 3:	Scale getting hot in a fire then exploded
DDown 4:	Steals a great amount, pocketing nothing
DDown 5:	Not too well away, go red?	OFF-COLOUR
DDown 6:	Conservative in struggle for grip
DDown 7:	Vampire not originally dressed in gold – like Sybil?
DDown 8:	Disappointments of defenders suppressed by group
DDown 13:	Feeling left following a smack?
DDown 15:	Right before exit, journalist deteriorated
DDown 16:	Occasional saga about one's party given a lift
DDown 17:	Working class and public outrages
DDown 19:	Work on body producing military display
DDown 20:	Judge's case before raising tax for A-listers?	JET SET
DDown 23:	Comic in a play stifling return of terror
DDown 24:	Jumper's brief worry crossing line