Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Friday, 30th June 2023 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Friday, 30th June 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Below-par album I stop playingSUBOPTIMALAAcross 6: Motored saw from which one gets cutSPEDAAcross 9: Completely stripped, wee squat old fellowEQUALAAcross 10: Tech magnate's hiding place for supporters in garden, maybeGATEPOSTSAAcross 12: Confirm group of women beamed around sonWITNESSAAcross 13: More aged wine the Parisian knocked backELDERAAcross 15: They clear off foliage covering rookLEAVERSAAcross 16: Distinguish inverted section in Opel bonnetENNOBLEAAcross 18: Carriage hit, but not when first encounteredSLEEPERAAcross 20: Positive working with European companionPLUS-ONEAAcross 21: Indian food starters in buffet here are just incredibleBHAJIAAcross 23: Heavy weight not a stone, on reflectionMEGATONAAcross 25: Caught horizontal with US president, onceCLEVELANDAAcross 26: Chiller having one drink made of apples coredICIERAAcross 27: Destroy something drawn in snow, we're toldSLAYAAcross 28: Most horrible tale is best rewrittenBEASTLIESTDDown 1: Feel note from teacher's unfinishedSEEMDDown 2: Down whiskey in front of healthy swimmerBLUE WHALEDDown 3: Award for publishing cryptic puzzle: Pierre shortly to receive itPULITZER PRIZEDDown 4: In middle of gangway on ship gaining entryINGRESSDDown 5: Trite as farcical entertainerARTISTEDDown 7: Put forward case to eat some on vacationPOSEDDDown 8: Muddled detectives on edge avoiding head journalistDISORDEREDDDown 11: Using basic methods, quietly control and clean money abroadPRE-INDUSTRIALDDown 14: Recollections of party criticism's told by SpoonerFLASHBACKSDDown 17: Grain obtained from ridge over river in French cityBROWN RICEDDown 19: Funny conjuror's ferretRUMMAGEDDown 20: Portugal prior to now erected gloomy towersPAGODASDDown 22: Regularly cut a green near fieldARENADDown 24: One of us using piece to capture queenBRIT