Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Friday, 8th September 2023 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Friday, 8th September 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Verbally prompt top waiter, showing impatienceQUEUE-JUMPERAAcross 7: Box housing small animalBEASTAAcross 8: Shirker nags peers to workPASSENGERAAcross 10: One in craft course joining current V&A retrospectiveAVIATORAAcross 11: Tools back in trailer wrapped in cloths to dryTROWELSAAcross 12: Pick and feel big toe regularlyELITEAAcross 13: Diverse team won't ask for certain limitsTASK FORCEAAcross 16: Wanting to have tea set after smashing sampleFORETASTEAAcross 18: Feline turned over, it understoodTACITAAcross 19: Monster having operation for eye primarily in phasesCYCLOPSAAcross 22: Alarm from a rook trapped in caskPERTURBAAcross 23: Joint is one held by musicianDRUMSTICKAAcross 24: Drink that's less fizzy uncoveredLATTEAAcross 25: Studied industries changing over centurySCRUTINISEDDDown 1: Preliminary match level after lead's lost? Uncertainty that is rightQUALIFIERDDown 2: Call gents with glee after seeing off all outsidersENTITLEDDown 3: European on high hill's peak admires riverEUPHRATESDDown 4: Cycling organisation gives you botherUPSETDDown 5: Move away from former government head of FrancePEEL OFFDDown 6: Rascal from Bordeaux, say, university demotedROGUEDDown 7: Be thrown with crazed fan being shamelessBRAZEN-FACEDDDown 9: Okay about fungus turning up in outbuildingRESPECTABLEDDown 14: That woman put on records and relatives hideSHEEPSKINDDown 15: Told grass to frame noblemanRECOUNTEDDDown 17: Appropriate uniform adopted in elevated place for holidaymakersTROUSERDDown 18: Maybe Leonardo and Donatello produced result after timeTURTLESDDown 20: Delivery firm subject to company takeoversCOUPSDDown 21: Flier from women's group found in southern newspaperSWIFT