Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 23rd August 2023 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 23rd August 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Strip of photomontage is transfixing discriminating typeAGEISTAAcross 4: Scrambled eggs ultimately seasoned with Asian spicesSCURRIEDAAcross 10: Maybe George Eliot in rubbish dump? Yes and noPSEUDONYMAAcross 11: Brother or sister keeping a hotel's address in IndiaSAHIBAAcross 12: Frontrunner in triathlon went off and ran quite fastTROTTEDAAcross 13: Where men go home amid Russian mountainsURINALSAAcross 14: 50 per cent of this letter from Athens, or the next oneTHETAAAcross 15: Is the crossword setter with the Telegraph friendly?AMICABLEAAcross 18: American's money stolen – this is taken by a gunmanBUCKSHOTAAcross 20: Awful lice around head of Colossus in Rhodes, sayCECILAAcross 23: Popular business with periodically immense earningsINCOMESAAcross 25: A sailor reported for military operationASSAULTAAcross 26: Maybe thistle, after time, becomes flower of ScotlandTWEEDAAcross 27: No grand chef's art or scienceASTRONOMYAAcross 28: Where William came from, and not AmandaNORMANDYAAcross 29: I'm leaving a couple of runs for a cricketerBYE-BYEDDown 1: Copy clothing little Parisian is likingAPPETITEDDown 2: In hearing, yours truly getting angry? I won't appealEYESOREDDown 3: Maybe right song is to have a diverting effect?SIDETRACKDDown 5: The Reds storm up – Man City in troubleCOMMUNIST PARTYDDown 6: Follower of Liz Taylor is hiring housesRISHIDDown 7: Isaac's half-brother cooked his mealISHMAELDDown 8: Corrupt society girls swallowing a stimulantDEBASEDDown 9: Play a perfect match?AN IDEAL HUSBANDDDown 16: Maybe handbag thief's helper?ACCESSORYDDown 17: Road-user's problem in dull Phoenician cityFLAT TYREDDown 19: Confusing relation by author losing heartUNCLEARDDown 21: Student follows half of course by old doctor, a French physicistCOULOMBDDown 22: Tom's baby clothing put on figureKITTENDDown 24: E.g. radio and TV journo cutting plan upMEDIA