Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 1st June 2023 There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 1st June 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Eighteen parsons excited – is it virgin birth?PARTHENOGENESISAAcross 9: What lecture might be addressingTALKING-TOAAcross 10: Deadly sin – animal out on a limb?SLOTHAAcross 11: Frisky horse at catching distance?EARSHOTAAcross 12: Mythical bird caught in low countryMOROCCOAAcross 13: Wingless insects finding pork pie?LIEAAcross 14: Romantic morning with a ConservativeAMATORYAAcross 17: Paint I'm getting mixed in drumsTIMPANIAAcross 19: Advertisement that's likely to be pulled?TRAILERAAcross 22: Carnivore and tailless mammoth in strong embraceBEAR HUGAAcross 24: Name dropped by fair lady in gardenEVEAAcross 25: Ruling in the club? Parking bannedREGNANTAAcross 26: Sailor runs into sea, extremely eagerMARINERAAcross 28: Put in a position to be shot?POSEDAAcross 29: Tasteful number lacking a noteAESTHETICAAcross 30: Payment to landlord you disrespect? Out with it!SECURITY DEPOSITDDown 1: Up north, pastiche irritated primitive sortPITHECANTHROPUSDDown 2: Made-to-measure item for Charles?RULERDDown 3: Weary expression on trip taking in English houseHEIGH-HODDown 4: Sounding chivalrous when vampires prowl?NIGHTLYDDown 5: Madame going through rubbish finds ringGROMMETDDown 6: No way liquor is remedy against illsNOSTRUMDDown 7: Dunce making little progress with teacherSLOWCOACHDDown 8: Experiment where sculptor, good, is covered in frantic scratches?SCHRODINGER'S CATDDown 15: Angelica's reformulated as painkillerANALGESICDDown 16: Hunter also here at last seeing deerROEDDown 18: Diamonds set evenly in circletICEDDown 20: Hero's lover with piercing lookLEANDERDDown 21: Withdraw discontented renegade's essay?RETRACTDDown 22: Bewildered birds in the sackBEMUSEDDDown 23: Zeppelin tunes welcome on pianoAIR-SHIPDDown 23: Zeppelin tunes welcome on pianoAIRSHIPDDown 27: Musical pieces and records?NOTES