Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 4th October 2023

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 4th October 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	What stomach may do after chef's first sweet dish
AAcross 5:	Survive within elite mostly getting source of credit
AAcross 9:	Tradesman may get fired again on the way back
AAcross 10:	Costly comprehensive with pressure to replace head of technology
AAcross 11:	Stranded on a trip with no booze?	HIGH AND DRY
AAcross 12:	Head of church needing part in soap opera
AAcross 14:	A cold fish accepting she is the weak point	ACHILLES' HEEL
AAcross 18:	Fail to arrive before a policeman arrests king	COME A CROPPER
AAcross 21:	Look! A female showing common sense …
AAcross 22:	… upsetting odd Italian extra
AAcross 25:	Close call at home with mates losing protection
AAcross 26:	One beset by fat landowner
AAcross 27:	Free trade – empty promise producing complex paperwork	RED TAPE
AAcross 28:	Direction of broadcaster's battle with Democrat?
DDown 1:	Problem with Yankee tunes like this
DDown 2:	Helpful lag expected to conceal shortfall
DDown 3:	Official raising difficulty with area cut after reshuffle
DDown 4:	Workers employed by editor to improve text
DDown 5:	Item in office – Guardian perhaps – on Conservative effrontery	PAPER CLIP
DDown 6:	Relative tease, going topless
DDown 7:	Weirdly, retail do made-to-measure
DDown 8:	Cunningly switching every call with no answer
DDown 13:	Friend supporting set pieces above all
DDown 15:	Preserve food if angry about bungled raid
DDown 16:	Artist's record held by criminal courts
DDown 17:	Spoilt little devil given publicity
DDown 19:	Article on strong drink – a painful condition
DDown 20:	Leaves possibly like this student in poor education
DDown 23:	Thoughts from one French impressionist with no heart
DDown 24:	City pair stay intermittently