Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 18th May 2023 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 18th May 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Dish with herbs Walter ordered touring ItalyWELSH RAREBITAAcross 9: Foreign article contains untruthALIENAAcross 10: US state regularly awaits home to house prisonersWISCONSINAAcross 11: Painting style of American at our venue nearly workedART NOUVEAUAAcross 12: Land offshore that is visited by southern studentISLEAAcross 13: Inexpert co-worker wearing gold Rolex originallyAMATEURAAcross 15: Vague when promoting new type of energyNUCLEARAAcross 17: Under discussion, what lady keeps in her handbag?AT ISSUEAAcross 19: Person showing effects of heat in JerseySWEATERAAcross 21: Animals disregarding extremely sweet porridge ingredientOATSAAcross 22: Vanessa emerges from Real Madrid groundRED ADMIRALAAcross 25: Oddly thirty female soldiers, volunteers, needing time for revengeTIT FOR TATAAcross 26: Brother rejected computer science courseORBITAAcross 27: Busy Lizzie, say, in factory making mattresses?BEDDING PLANTDDown 1: Joint top with Arsenal, in second place previouslyWRISTDDown 2: City residents initially shunned fair-haired individuals across riverLONDONERSDDown 3: Love between husband and wife always just the sameHOWEVERDDown 4: Go without ashtray, occasionally filling a waste basketABSTAINDDown 5: London statue irritated revolutionaryEROSDDown 6: Demanding sibling keeps focused? On the contraryINSISTENTDDown 7: Fruit, cut pineapple, to follow bistro's starterBANANADDown 8: State of vehicles using earliest clutches?IN GEARDDown 14: Corrupt trial set to imprison old philosopherARISTOTLEDDown 16: Drink Charlie adores freely consuming before noonCREAM SODADDown 17: Rodent, one put down after a painful diseaseAGOUTIDDown 18: Critical wingers leaving, not returning to football clubEVERTONDDown 19: Celebrity raised stake in newly formed companySTART-UPDDown 20: Tell cleric to ignore pressureRELATEDDown 23: Disprove swelling is going upREBUTDDown 24: Fit state of mindMOOD