Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 23rd May 2024 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 23rd May 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Damages nose on impact, unfortunatelyCOMPENSATIONAAcross 9: Due to win, goal's includedOWINGAAcross 10: Bond conceals a cold temperamentCHARACTERAAcross 11: Crush coriander lastly in food consumedDISHEARTENAAcross 12: Charge current for motor vehicleTAXIAAcross 13: One's pragmatic about American's first agendaREALISTAAcross 15: Tracking temperature being unwellTAILINGAAcross 17: A new dope in European cityANTWERPAAcross 19: Democrat winds up showing insecuritiesDANGERSAAcross 21: Curses desperate character welcoming RepublicanDARNAAcross 22: Support Queen even being wealthy?PROPERTIEDAAcross 25: Man, single, employing eager vacuous escortCHAPERONEAAcross 26: Initially made using score in concert?MUSICAAcross 27: Food shop site's cleaned outDELICATESSENDDown 1: Punches caught on mouthCLIPSDDown 2: Charm is teasing me somehowMAGNETISEDDown 3: Scrap in bar swallowing lager finallyEXCERPTDDown 4: Second time catching story's most boringSTALESTDDown 5: Pull apart sailor embracing sweetheartTEARDDown 6: A corset is undone in barOSTRACISEDDown 7: Criminal swindle beginning to require flierCONDORDDown 8: Slipping cutting head off fishERRINGDDown 14: A large bird fed every secondALTERNATEDDown 16: Fool is amusing or eccentricIGNORAMUSDDown 17: Shanghai sailor on ChannelABDUCTDDown 18: Newspaper's on about saving public imagePERSONADDown 19: Rub out keeping page emptyDEPLETEDDown 20: Allure of speed, quicker oddlySEDUCEDDown 23: Writer of one's biography written upIBSENDDown 24: Fabulous creature is still singleYETI