Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 22nd August 2023 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 22nd August 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Dressmaker's main worry after I'm removing topSEAMSTRESSAAcross 6: Barbra Streisand entertains revolutionary leaderTSARAAcross 9: Easier path on foot – it's winding around heart of copseSOFT OPTIONAAcross 10: Son is able to readSCANAAcross 12: Tickle Charlie with it in riverEXCITEAAcross 13: Hang around bully looking menacingSCOWLINGAAcross 15: Isn't neutered mongrel apathetic?UNINTERESTEDAAcross 18: Scolding good for daughter getting item of clothingDRESSING-GOWNAAcross 21: Melodramatic – like Aida?OPERATICAAcross 22: The Spanish church recess makes progressELAPSEAAcross 24: Widow regularly cheers Greek characterIOTAAAcross 25: I abandon old uniform in bus roaming everywhereUBIQUITOUSAAcross 26: Mask cutting head in lectureHIDEAAcross 27: Real Madrid's high flier?RED ADMIRALDDown 1: Nurse is in street with her husband missingSISTERDDown 2: Football Association upset following European court's influenceAFFECTDDown 3: Dashing celebrity's heavenly bodySHOOTING STARDDown 4: Grasses Jack lifted with spadesRATSDDown 5: Food urges after alcoholSCOTCH EGGSDDown 7: Speak about Jesus leaving hot room in churchSACRISTYDDown 8: Treacherous rock near edgeRENEGADEDDown 11: This could be blooming likeable boySWEET WILLIAMDDown 14: Live with a nun and be awfully disagreeableUNENVIABLEDDown 16: Criticise my French tucking into a plat du jour?ADMONISHDDown 17: Blue diamonds thrown outDEJECTEDDDown 19: At college, loud cry creates commotionUPROARDDown 20: Guy with large plantTEASELDDown 23: Grandma quaffs drinking waterAQUA