Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Monday, 9th October 2023

There are 16 across clues and 18 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Monday, 9th October 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Husband, even more good-looking
AAcross 5:	Sort of drink that's good for the soul?
AAcross 10:	Cad after wife? Revolver wanted!
AAcross 11:	Figure reportedly shattered by approach
AAcross 12:	Striking effect of story involving 100 sent back
AAcross 13:	Henry left auditorium
AAcross 14:	Said of country life, past not present
AAcross 16:	Unaided, one passed	SINGLE-HANDED
AAcross 21:	First journey, and servant and diplomat get on	MAIDEN VOYAGE
AAcross 24:	Information about large valley
AAcross 25:	Bench in favour of mercy from the start
AAcross 27:	Somewhat unorthodox previous PM
AAcross 29:	Unwise being disrespectful when ringing king
AAcross 30:	Crazy getting rid of spades – senseless
AAcross 31:	Extremely severe imprisoning paper's first foreign correspondent?	PEN PAL
AAcross 32:	Editor upset, tense and hurt, disconnected
DDown 1:	Big mistake made by that woman caging bird of prey
DDown 2:	Require extremely large arrow
DDown 3:	Game played by one Bond girl
DDown 4:	Spoil church procession
DDown 6:	Scale drawing of factory incomplete
DDown 7:	Fury surrounding traditional fashion industry	RAG TRADE
DDown 8:	Secure floor right away
DDown 9:	Room given by rower close to quay
DDown 15:	Cover round open-air pool
DDown 17:	Stop transfer	GIVE OVER
DDown 18:	English conductor blowing top in a South American country
DDown 19:	Complacent son, sucker
DDown 20:	Uncertain as to outcome, ordinary writer after extra	WIDE OPEN
DDown 22:	Quietly come to deliver a sermon
DDown 23:	Astute women stopping scrap
DDown 26:	Joint initially twisted in boggy ground
DDown 28:	A fanatic over fish
DDown 29:	Mischievous child occupying him perpetually