Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Friday, 13th January 2023 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Friday, 13th January 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Scaling rocks when visiting favourite Hebridean locationFINGALS CAVEAAcross 7: Agreement is closeCOMPACTAAcross 8: Intellectual for instance claims golf titleEGGHEADAAcross 10: Dress restricts one about to get beauty treatmentMANICUREAAcross 11: Placate retired gentleman when ill-tempered on vacationDISARMAAcross 13: Essential new wineMUSTAAcross 14: One supplying retailer with pickle and salt, reportedlyWHOLESALERAAcross 16: Army, perhaps on edge, professed loyalty that's insincereLIP SERVICEAAcross 18: Setter maybe signifies contentment with this indicator?TAILAAcross 21: Arduous round trip regularly ignored beforeTIRINGAAcross 22: Retorts from priest so unusualRIPOSTESAAcross 24: Partied, leaving clubs excitedAROUSEDAAcross 25: Sought to justify former copper's heartless intentEXCUSEDAAcross 26: Homeless vagrant hugs extremely nonplussed northern composerMENDELSSOHNDDown 1: Instigates Times leader being changedFOMENTSDDown 2: Subtlety of problem is overlookedNUANCEDDown 3: Male fragrance Eva's father orderedAFTER-SHAVEDDown 3: Male fragrance Eva's father orderedAFTERSHAVEDDown 4: Small storage facility in SloughSHEDDDown 5: Worry about Republican that is becoming most incensedANGRIESTDDown 6: Watch dance in which pupil's seen?EYEBALLDDown 7: Claim Tommy is occasionally permitted each drinkCAMOMILE TEADDown 9: Disheartened daughter supports protest Israel condemnedDEMORALISEDDDown 12: Bravery investing fortune in conifer plantations ultimately succeededPLUCKINESSDDown 15: Curious new difficulty upset poetTENNYSONDDown 17: Present hairstyle, cut by proPERFORMDDown 19: To some extent sweetheart is a natural craftspersonARTISANDDown 20: Cloak on cop ruined, husband's admittedPONCHODDown 23: Side with upper handEDGE