Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Friday, 23rd August 2024

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Friday, 23rd August 2024. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Rank and file in shop cheer start of strike	GRASS ROOTS
AAcross 6:	Alibi's abandoned by Capone – this may haunt the banks
AAcross 9:	Observed, beginning of last month, weight returned
AAcross 10:	Parisian who tucks into veg in silence	BE QUIET
AAcross 12:	Competition round examinations board's first	QUARTER-FINALS
AAcross 14:	Liberty offers complimentary Shakespeare, abridged?	FREE WILL
AAcross 15:	TV company rings hotel, needing to eat
AAcross 17:	Large flightless bird's catching rook and other creatures
AAcross 19:	Flipped over American with hair treatment, an incredibly powerful figure
AAcross 21:	Rent-a-car pet's wee permeates internally – cleaner needed!	CARPET-SWEEPER
AAcross 24:	Casino's corruption embroils island city
AAcross 25:	Repair fancy heel occasionally causing pain
AAcross 26:	First Lady appears by right on any occasion
AAcross 27:	Enigmatic individual, intimate with Democrat – arrest must follow	CLOSED BOOK
DDown 1:	Travelling with no one, one gets whacked before dinner
DDown 2:	Old-fashioned restaurant I queued to get in
DDown 3:	Do hands help for people struggling?	SOCIAL WORKERS
DDown 4:	Telly Savalas's opening do, surprisingly square	OLD-STYLE
DDown 5:	European waterway on part that's elevated
DDown 7:	Mastermind should include it here?
DDown 8:	Worthwhile novel fits in proverb
DDown 11:	Weakened after fast, becoming irritable	QUICK-TEMPERED
DDown 13:	Where spirits are taken out without exorcism?	OFF-LICENCE
DDown 16:	Tango, except around Spain, may be short on melody
DDown 18:	Sign showing motorists parking within 20-minute walk?
DDown 20:	Middle-of-the-road companies looking to North and South African territory
DDown 22:	One's slowly progressing in moving home
DDown 23:	Spill the beans, but a different vegetable's picked up