Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Friday, 21st April 2023 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Friday, 21st April 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Held during demonstration possibly odd musical instrumentKETTLEDRUMAAcross 6: Recalled non-Thatcherite Conservatives in agitated stateSTEWAAcross 9: Told how to make certain characters fancy being fliersCURLEWSAAcross 10: Cloud in Barrow, temperature becoming coldCUMULUSAAcross 12: Nat King Cole song, impossible to overlook?UNFORGETTABLEAAcross 14: Investigation concerning main Republican backed by churchRESEARCHAAcross 15: Balkan region rejected Spain's objectionable claimsBOSNIAAAcross 17: Riddle with complex meaning any number missedENIGMAAAcross 19: Model in quiet bar popped the questionPROPOSEDAAcross 21: A camp or billet being arranged? It's questionablePROBLEMATICALAAcross 24: Handed wine to limit painREACHEDAAcross 25: Reportedly regret adolescent that's tiresomeROUTINEAAcross 26: Sentimental social media message cut shortTWEEAAcross 27: Singer followed by good number in totalALTOGETHERDDown 1: Give up keen short-lived interestKICKDDown 2: Unexpected events change courier companyTURN-UPSDDown 3: German wine, I hear, film club distributedLIEBFRAUMILCHDDown 4: Scandal in papers upset second princessDISGRACEDDown 5: Two French articles about Charlie, Dad's brotherUNCLEDDown 7: Afghanistan's rulers seize leader of insurgents, oddly least revolutionaryTALIBANDDown 8: Deserts wife and son, inspiring various talesWASTELANDSDDown 11: Direct new version of mostly true epic filmMOTION PICTUREDDown 13: Individualist that's popular in a pub?FREE SPIRITDDown 16: Musical composition from singer, poor kid regularly wearing glasses?ORATORIODDown 18: Quarantine accordingly delayed after source of infectionISOLATEDDown 20: Schoolboys ultimately mischievous and greedySELFISHDDown 22: Dinner perhaps interrupted by daughter getting awardMEDALDDown 23: Support disheartened vagrantBEAR