Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Monday, 17th April 2023 There are 17 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Monday, 17th April 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: King not returning for a danceCHARLESTONAAcross 6: Turn left, following gameGOLFAAcross 9: This may attract fish – crumbled a bit at seaGROUND BAITAAcross 9: This may attract fish – crumbled a bit at seaGROUNDBAITAAcross 10: List of utensils initially taken by workersMENUAAcross 12: Sort to use a keyboard, maybeTYPEAAcross 13: Incisive, a new leader of team by ditchTRENCHANTAAcross 15: Makes allegations about English righters of wrongs?AVENGERSAAcross 16: Definitely not old, female in closeNO FEARAAcross 18: Celebrity on edgeLEGENDAAcross 20: Military operation in barracks – a GI recalled nameCAMPAIGNAAcross 23: Notoriousness of convict in European countryFLAGRANCEAAcross 24: Highly loved person not wanting to work, we hearIDOLAAcross 26: Sit on note including papersRIDEAAcross 27: Turned the ignition key with it?SWITCHED ONAAcross 28: Husband with influenceHANDAAcross 29: Gets across editor's methodsPROCEDURESDDown 1: Prison in constant declineCAGEDDown 2: Assistant in a small company – bright, it's saidACOLYTEDDown 3: Squirearchy's got good recordLANDED GENTRYDDown 4: Sorry tale of old boy on board, right-wingerSOB STORYDDown 5: English actor I dismissed – Reed, perhapsOLIVERDDown 7: Manage to perform surgeryOPERATEDDown 8: Trembling, say, in castFLUTTERINGDDown 11: Professional brought offACCOMPLISHEDDDown 14: Set off with southern colleague on Scottish riverSALLY FORTHDDown 17: Great, a joke I fed to MCMAJESTICDDown 19: Information involving son and daughter makes one cheerGLADDENDDown 21: Acceptable batting arrangementIN ORDERDDown 22: Warns suspect, describing magistrate's last solutionANSWERDDown 25: Responsibility deacon usually carriesONUS