Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Monday, 16th October 2023 There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Monday, 16th October 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Foreign article describing inventionALIENAAcross 10: Girl captured by race, one associated with a fictional landRURITANIAAAcross 11: Old lady facing powerful dogMASTIFFAAcross 12: Following a nasty bad dreamFANTASYAAcross 13: Mean fellow hiding last of wineCHEAPAAcross 14: Further down, duck may be freezingBELOW ZEROAAcross 16: Act in various roles in sport, having a number of caps?WEAR SEVERAL HATSAAcross 19: Finished among a group left behindABANDONEDAAcross 21: Bar in Berlin – go thereINGOTAAcross 23: Pebbles one's found around hotelSHINGLEAAcross 25: French police chief with judge in centre of appeal courtPREFECTAAcross 27: Come across knight tucking into energy barENCOUNTERAAcross 28: Still short, runner's odds maybeEVENSDDown 1: Sheep station, say, a long way? MilesFARMDDown 2: Concern after conclusion of government paperTISSUEDDown 3: Unwilling, being poorlyINDISPOSEDDDown 4: Page about super house, small in sizePREFABDDown 5: Police psychologist, perhaps in favour of lifer receiving treatmentPROFILERDDown 6: Amaze as trick detailedSTUNDDown 7: American manoeuvring kept secretIN CAMERADDown 8: Be careful of loose female rabbit ahead of restEASY DOES ITDDown 13: Frighten head of section during discussion in plantCOW-PARSLEYDDown 15: Thoroughly at home, always? Blimey!WELL I NEVERDDown 17: A gimme? Check if absolutely necessaryAT A PINCHDDown 18: Sell Tate off causing family feudVENDETTADDown 20: Set off in race holding recordDEPARTDDown 22: Man's water heater, from what we hearGEEZERDDown 24: Disease picked up round middle of JanuaryGOUTDDown 26: International tryTEST