Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Monday, 24th July 2023

There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Monday, 24th July 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	They reflect, certainly after musical ending in failure	CATS-EYES
AAcross 5:	Aircon in a double-decker? You can count on it
AAcross 10:	Archetypal female in detox – loner, right? Sadly	THE GIRL NEXT DOOR
AAcross 11:	Mostly ghastly, and tense, retreat
AAcross 11:	Mostly ghastly, and tense, retreat
AAcross 12:	Tribunal, primarily, needs to be given motive for crime
AAcross 13:	Dog in Yorkshire river with tangled lead
AAcross 15:	Snare, so revolutionary, shown during one broadcast
AAcross 18:	A Democrat and Liberal wing it	AD-LIB
AAcross 20:	Wood preservative, very big over in Greek island
AAcross 23:	Relish slander involving big name
AAcross 25:	Joy, family member, runs away
AAcross 26:	Taking issue over when work's done?	KNOCKING-OFF TIME
AAcross 27:	Distant meteor, rocky
AAcross 28:	Member of the clergy looking embarrassed, having lost nerve inside
DDown 1:	Happen to see end of play, memorable
DDown 2:	Leader in trade to study factory's boring routine
DDown 3:	Record poem about isles for part of series
DDown 4:	Brilliance of chapter in climbing story
DDown 6:	Extremely cold, close to fen, for this marsh bird?
DDown 7:	Meet Charlie, Scottish explorer
DDown 8:	Southern playwright entertaining foremost of runners – Bolt, perhaps
DDown 9:	See, at the bubbly, an art connoisseur?
DDown 14:	Stress involving one daughter in casualty
DDown 16:	In a precarious position in hot foggy French city	ON THIN ICE
DDown 17:	Blow for a seasonal farmer worker?
DDown 19:	Comprehensive cover?
DDown 21:	Take the Spanish female supporters climbing
DDown 22:	Really popular act
DDown 24:	Wife turned up, about to fly off the handle
DDown 25:	Couple ultimately bound to run away together