Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 17th May 2023 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 17th May 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: It's used when pressing club directors to gather in £1,000IRONING-BOARDAAcross 9: Composed rock and bop, as making an albumSCRAPBOOKAAcross 10: Meat which might be roasted, or it could get smokedJOINTAAcross 11: Tiny Tim nearly holds back feeling of ill-willENMITYAAcross 12: Bishop woke in south coast resortBRIGHTONAAcross 13: This helps people find dates in dry woodTINDERAAcross 14: Crazy gathering attended by Alice and a group of RepublicansTEA PARTYAAcross 17: Perhaps a little tot, about to go to bed?NIGHTCAPAAcross 19: Romeo tucks into pasta sauce very quicklyPRESTOAAcross 22: Favouring parts of speech in Biblical bookPROVERBSAAcross 24: Blazing a trail finally welcomed by celebrityAFLAMEAAcross 26: Unfamiliar words used in KlingonLINGOAAcross 27: Money writers earn from palace connections?ROYALTIESAAcross 28: Having the blues record playing at such an advanced hourDISCONSOLATEDDown 1: Look at Portugal's capital – perhaps fly around itINSPECTDDown 2: Crew members, terrible moanersOARSMENDDown 3: This person's someone seeing a doctor for rashIMPATIENTDDown 4: Maybe Spike Milligan's rabbitGO ONDDown 5: Woodland sights – wild rose and teakOAK TREESDDown 6: Give a new arrangement to covers of reggae and danceREJIGDDown 7: Elon Musk's company ignoring leader's babbleWITTERDDown 8: Like Scrooge's con trick, getting last of moneySTINGYDDown 15: Silly fool to rip artist's casePORTFOLIODDown 16: Two pubs – extremely idiotic and uncivilisedBARBARICDDown 17: Bottle top very gently placed in riverNIPPLEDDown 18: Crushed in golf over eighteen holesGROUNDDDown 20: Power at mains supplySTAMINADDown 21: Manage with poetry that's in Old EnglishOVERSEEDDown 23: City given crude oil – this may cause complaintE COLIDDown 25: French football team only needing to move onLYON