Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Monday, 23rd October 2023 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Monday, 23rd October 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Sign on closet for personal assistantsSECRETARIESAAcross 7: Antique found in manor-house in large bagHOLDALLAAcross 8: Part of proposal for developing English citySALFORDAAcross 10: Estate landowner coming out of retreat with daughterLAIRDAAcross 11: Harshly criticise a bank clerk heard getting cigarPANATELLAAAcross 12: Love tucking into medley of kipper and something from the butcher's?PORK PIEAAcross 14: Loewe's partner impressing a pupilLEARNERAAcross 15: Recovered and exchanged a series of shotsRALLIEDAAcross 18: Mischievous troublemaker – girl men reformedGREMLINAAcross 20: Post-Victorian hostilities suppressed by press chief and I, unwiselyEDWARDIANAAcross 21: Strain representing churchFORCEAAcross 22: Special rest day, so wandered offSTRAYEDAAcross 23: Tackle difficulty leader of Democrats ignoredHARNESSAAcross 24: Comic, pocketing change, beginning to mimic daydreamerWALTER MITTYDDown 1: One coming in to join one in armySOLDIERDDown 2: Vegetable, primarily chewy and unpleasantCHARDDDown 3: Blot out imperfect pieces, about fiftyECLIPSEDDown 4: Football club's stadium, outside south London initiallyARSENALDDown 5: I left lake with a kid far from relaxedILL AT EASEDDown 6: German bread taken round end of festivalSTOLLENDDown 7: Hotel employees all drink in this, occasionallyHALL PORTERSDDown 9: Boring campanologists should get doublesDEAD RINGERSDDown 13: Three of a kind, two of a kind, and a type of flushPAIR-ROYALDDown 16: Unsophisticated, born in humble terrace?LOWBROWDDown 17: Shrink departs – con hasn't succeededDWINDLEDDown 18: Kind of cotton cloth inside bulging hamperGINGHAMDDown 19: Theft? Criminal nearly caught breaking inLARCENYDDown 21: Oldest evergreen on streetFIRST