Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 31st August 2023 There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 31st August 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Fitting customer means endless changesCOMMENSURATEAAcross 9: Correct current jargon for scroungerMENDICANTAAcross 10: First woman to follow exercise bugPEEVEAAcross 11: Concerned with cold lubricant causing backfireRECOILAAcross 12: Modest record with Queen support backingDISCREETAAcross 13: Stingy swallowing cheapest empty drinkNECTARAAcross 15: Cajole and dupes are convertedPERSUADEAAcross 18: President raves tyrannically about farceTRAVESTYAAcross 19: Astronomer could make fine detailed lineLOVELLAAcross 21: Insecure kind left holding light againREKINDLEAAcross 23: Sorts information by dateGENERAAAcross 26: Discover embracing sweetheart is punishedFINEDAAcross 27: American state embodies this compiler's spiritANIMATIONAAcross 28: Upset delicate guts produced waves?GESTICULATEDDDown 1: Former PM progressed embracing rightCAMERONDDown 2: Chap in charge getting madMANICDDown 3: Expel drunk ale, in timeELIMINATEDDown 4: Hands over changeSWAPDDown 5: Domestic charge paid in advanceRETAINERDDown 6: Type of point in consideration, initiallyTOPICDDown 7: Strength of left constantly on declineLEVERAGEDDown 8: Rage from diocese over articleSEETHEDDown 14: Great solving!CRACKINGDDown 16: Single woman's first in cubicle blockSTONE WALLDDown 16: Single woman's first in cubicle blockSTONEWALLDDown 17: Rugged lawman oddly covered by initiateSTALWARTDDown 18: Dispute burying a Republican chargeTARIFFDDown 20: League's leader won, it's understoodLEARNEDDDown 22: It's grand in raw being promptNUDGEDDown 24: Turned up work by English authorELIOTDDown 25: Element is unknown enclosed by carbonZINC