Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 2nd August 2023 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 2nd August 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Stop Republican going after Democrat and lefties regularlyDETERAAcross 4: Grew complexADVANCEDAAcross 10: Stories about Tom perhaps in French cityLIMOGESAAcross 11: Ignorant of Stubbs? We must embrace timeless artUNAWAREAAcross 12: Exposed, a bull never relaxedVULNERABLEAAcross 13: Terrible bouquet with exhausted sunflowers for managerBOSSAAcross 15: Regrets deposit gone astray for Royal Mail service?REGISTERED POSTAAcross 17: Confused retailers putting CCTV cameras here?ALL OVER THE SHOPAAcross 20: End of album, one with Lennon, not stereoMONOAAcross 21: In a Co-op, curry 40 per cent off surprisingly. Feast!CORNUCOPIAAAcross 23: Cash antique acquires somewhere in GhanaASHANTIAAcross 24: One sceptical about the starsREALISTAAcross 25: Knowing people in gang?WISE GUYSAAcross 26: Conference possibly has small opening for GoreSPEARDDown 1: Absolutely following idle New Yorker?DELIVERYDDown 2: Delay in sentence supported by prisonerTIME LAGDDown 3: Queen or Genesis rocking? That's going back!REGRESSIONDDown 5: Teen nerd squirming after Spitting Image's rude joke?DOUBLE ENTENDREDDown 6: Ace artist put on new style of knitwearARANDDown 7: Firm is checking amateur window cleanerCHAMOISDDown 8: Right to plug female rabbits? They're very activeDOERSDDown 9: Getaway speed leaves cop floundering in East London?ESCAPE VELOCITYDDown 14: Posh high-school pupils?UPPER-CLASSDDown 16: Marks & Spencer empty, having quiet coffee insideSPLATTERDDown 18: Meals in boxes with different starterLUNCHESDDown 19: Old soldier welcomed by bookshop literatiHOPLITEDDown 20: Catty comment brought up old target weightMIAOWDDown 22: Secure weapons after revolutionSNUG