Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 1st November 2023 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 1st November 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Son gets in a stew where trouble flares upHOT SPOTAAcross 1: Son gets in a stew where trouble flares upHOTSPOTAAcross 5: Current Liverpool ground missing a part of pitchINFIELDAAcross 9: Italian island cold before 01/04CAPRIAAcross 10: Control a section of Hertfordshire's train tracksRESTRAINTAAcross 11: Magical words in poem, as seen in translationOPEN SESAMEAAcross 12: Revolutionary painter with Saint Nicholas in Russia?TSARAAcross 14: Idiot and former PM is a comic figureCHARLIE BROWNAAcross 18: One won't transmit current note about music directorNON-CONDUCTORAAcross 21: Digits in two sets? Just the odd numbersTOESAAcross 22: Note seen in bar in South East: 50 per cent off milk shakeSEMIQUAVERAAcross 25: Funny pub's motto is something drinkers sayBOTTOMS UPAAcross 26: Lazy person riled when exercisingIDLERAAcross 27: Students putting away starter – they make breadEARNERSAAcross 28: Clement I has extremes of emotion during religious fastLENIENTDDown 1: Bully hero of the Trojan WarHECTORDDown 2: Gave inside information to head on school sports dayTIPPEDDDown 3: Tailor tried shop inspiring love for the clothPRIESTHOODDDown 4: Doughnut, say, consumed by doctor usuallyTORUSDDown 5: Criminal in casino pockets million, but he can't get offINSOMNIACDDown 6: Osaka's first service returned in gameFARODDown 7: Expulsion of English diplomatic groupEMISSIONDDown 8: Right plugs he noted going wrong? Remove from powerDETHRONEDDown 13: What cleric gives, or a bishop: the answer to a problemABSOLUTIONDDown 15: Fixes crimson robes after taking off diamondsREDRESSESDDown 16: Rickety place where peacekeepers keep their horses?UNSTABLEDDown 17: Might one take the inhabitants of a colony for lunch?ANTEATERDDown 19: Develop gun taken out of its sheathEVOLVEDDown 20: Politician on the right road turned up decayDRY ROTDDown 23: Drive starts off in Motherwell, passing East LothianIMPELDDown 24: Commanding officer with case for detective Morse, sayCODE