Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 17th August 2023 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 17th August 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Feline selfishness increase showing classCATEGORISEAAcross 6: Love god is angry being rejectedEROSAAcross 10: Vegetable crop follows standardPARSNIPAAcross 11: Yours truly dining without a dateMEETINGAAcross 12: View material of the starsSIDEREALAAcross 13: Overly big, excessively stout, even initiallyOBESEAAcross 15: Lingerie, perhaps for parts of chestDRAWERSAAcross 17: Doctor faces anything to give doseDRAUGHTAAcross 19: Haul fish back sheltered from windLEEWARDAAcross 21: Bombshell divided party holding powerTORPEDOAAcross 22: Remove woman's dressSHIFTAAcross 24: Person who flogs lass, mean criminalSALESMANAAcross 27: Stretch of river blocked by vesselsEXPANSEAAcross 28: Greed, a failing gripping padre occasionallyAVARICEAAcross 29: Metal compound incorporates mineralTALCAAcross 30: Nude crones cavorting for adults only?UNCENSOREDDDown 1: Bashful about pee specimenCOPYDDown 2: Stop insect found across North AmericaTERMINATEDDown 3: Sort of information Republican stole, finallyGENREDDown 4: Silence some canvasser perhaps, getting upsetREPRESSDDown 5: Tasted enough in container of spreadSAMPLEDDDown 7: Beam's reportedly providing liftRAISEDDown 8: Resort to guessing for clueSUGGESTIONDDown 9: Cultured young woman broadcasting?DEBONAIRDDown 14: Minor bother over the French perfumeADOLESCENTDDown 16: Difficult former partner behavingEXACTINGDDown 18: Guardsman changing in red gearGRENADIERDDown 20: Record Queen with new spotDISCERNDDown 21: Soil preparation before seasonTILLAGEDDown 23: Urge beginner after this compiler's exerciseIMPELDDown 25: Small motor's producing multiple injuriesSCARSDDown 26: Made water from useless plant?WEED