Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 21st June 2023 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 21st June 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Quieten drug smuggler, going around very loudlyMUFFLEAAcross 4: Star after time with friends abroad makes wavesTSUNAMISAAcross 9: Starter of dates or try bananas – this can make fruit crumbleDRY ROTAAcross 10: Talent with hip-hop cover to give awayGIFT-WRAPAAcross 11: Tot getting hint in part of index, perhapsFINGERTIPAAcross 13: Bury FCINTERAAcross 14: Maybe Andy Warhol stormed in unsteadily after jobPOST-MODERNISTAAcross 17: It's hard to say to utter swine, out drinking gallonsTONGUE-TWISTERAAcross 21: Ruffian wanting good doctor? One's on handTHUMBAAcross 23: Charlie cuts additives put in food hampersENCUMBERSAAcross 24: Jewish scholar's underwear taken in robberyHEBRAISTAAcross 25: Nepali high in the mountainsALPINEAAcross 26: Adam's garden is planted in MarchPARADISEAAcross 27: Shiny silver coat of ladylike AmericanAGLEAMDDown 1: Characters in farm I'd offer place in the fieldMID-OFFDDown 2: Cookware from Spooner's inquisitive admirerFRYING-PANDDown 3: Cub leader is dishonest about working with leader of ScoutsLIONESSDDown 5: Made an error on record – this brings back discomfortSLIPPED DISCDDown 6: Smarter bit of couture: it tantalises when twirlingNATTIERDDown 7: US university, without hesitation, showing excellenceMERITDDown 8: Split peas cooked with speedSEPARATEDDown 12: Alluring people work briefly north of Barnet?TEMPTRESSESDDown 15: Strange realities figure in the BibleISRAELITEDDown 16: Use thread to mend frameSTITCH UPDDown 18: You reportedly lead attack, getting reprimandUPBRAIDDDown 19: Delay punishment given to criminalTIME LAGDDown 20: Gather case of Sancerre will rise in valueESTEEMDDown 22: Open a place to drink in Paris?UNBAR