Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 1st August 2023 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 1st August 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Desperate doctor with a small sign of nervesDRASTICAAcross 5: Salesman fibs giving answersREPLIESAAcross 9: Echoing sounds limiting second meetingSESSIONAAcross 10: Accurate summary by SpainPRECISEAAcross 11: A Democrat calling for confessionADMISSIONAAcross 12: Put on talc regularly in hospital departmentENACTAAcross 13: Trips made by king before March 15th?RIDESAAcross 15: Boxers perhaps endure raw brawlsUNDERWEARAAcross 17: Huge lead and Edward's arrogantBIGHEADEDAAcross 19: Band is considering restricting dance musicDISCOAAcross 22: Be important noblemanCOUNTAAcross 23: Company backing new casinos for social eventsOCCASIONSAAcross 25: This writer returns with energy after pub banEMBARGOAAcross 26: Farmer might go in this area of land over riverTRACTORAAcross 27: Slight student captured in posterSLENDERAAcross 28: Justify book having new openingDESERVEDDown 1: Hopelessness of the French coupleDESPAIRDDown 2: Took on fool with university degree in educationASSUMEDDDown 3: Ends stories for the listenersTAILSDDown 4: Carried on playing unnoticedCONTINUEDDDown 5: Mature writer supporting guy with no bookRIPENDDown 6: Held in higher estimation before female made a mistakePREFERREDDDown 7: Parrot from island – it's found in ChinaIMITATEDDown 8: Southern climate – husband's removed jumperSWEATERDDown 14: Protected her eldest mongrelSHELTEREDDDown 16: Loyal cadet died fightingDEDICATEDDDown 17: Wimbledon champion's swapping European for American supportersBACKERSDDown 18: Good medic breaks law, generating complaintGRUMBLEDDown 20: Beer enjoyed regularly initially could make you this?STOUTERDDown 21: Watch old boy take the first tennis shotOBSERVEDDown 23: Old forbidding smellODOURDDown 24: Son put on elderly people's TV programmesSOAPS