Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 9th May 2023 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 9th May 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Heads of European nations tell France leader's lost gripENTRANCEAAcross 5: Web expert changing ISP, flipping embarrassed?SPIDERAAcross 9: Even prisoner's tense after wallopCONSTANTAAcross 10: Samples pastries in church? On the contaryPIECESAAcross 12: Met blokes maybe ordered lemon pie outside clubsPOLICEMENAAcross 13: Stroke fawnCRAWLAAcross 14: Off one's head, stagger backNUTSAAcross 16: Highest-ranking American returned before meSUPREMEAAcross 19: Roar, and German's grabbed by the tiger at lastTHUNDERAAcross 21: Boss getting rid of current cookCHEFAAcross 24: Set foot in two hospital departmentsENTERAAcross 25: Fixed Beetle car? Rejoice!CELEBRATEAAcross 27: Unfinished liquor bottleSPIRITAAcross 28: Royal Engineers beginning to show initiativeRESOURCEAAcross 29: Departs, for example, with endless grass – something student wants?DEGREEAAcross 30: Breadbaskets crushed Scot's hamSTOMACHSDDown 1: Get free ale finally with small headESCAPEDDown 2: Relish the French conflictTANGLEDDown 3: That tickles, admits GreekATTICDDown 4: Where to find pictures amnesic misplacedCINEMASDDown 6: Truth from headteacher in speechPRINCIPLEDDown 7: Announced what cricketers perhaps didDECLAREDDDown 8: Reconciled about what this crossword may end up beingRESOLVEDDDown 11: Underwear but no top for social workers?ANTSDDown 15: Lenin rude about accentUNDERLINEDDown 17: Initially struggling with hair, Edward's anxiousSTRESSEDDDown 18: Lower stealing?RUSTLINGDDown 20: Diamond's type of music?ROCKDDown 21: Gather phone's picked up in bedCOLLECTDDown 22: Cloth lovely and plush, not hardFABRICDDown 23: Ship that's circling always docksSEVERSDDown 26: Sweep runs, with loud noise outsideBROOM