Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 19th January 2023 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 19th January 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Trolley carrying exercise matCARPETAAcross 5: Scions of last of famous Victorians?SPRIGSAAcross 10: Flash application for computer deviceMOUSEAAcross 11: You French, cheeky about hollow depravityTURPITUDEAAcross 12: Despite miserliness, purchases recordITEMISEAAcross 13: Brains holding new record over puzzleNONPLUSAAcross 14: Hay cultivated with garden plantHYDRANGEAAAcross 17: Finally shed tears for weaklingsDRIPSAAcross 18: Composer starts idea, occasionallySATIEAAcross 19: Omission from lover? Sigh tiredly!OVERSIGHTAAcross 21: Tighten up, maybe using a spanner?ABRIDGEAAcross 23: Head of snake, more sinuous snakeSLITHERAAcross 25: Insects, it turned out, one's speciality?SCIENTISTAAcross 26: Limits fish caught by shipSIDESAAcross 27: Time off for depression?RECESSAAcross 28: Football official accepts deceit for respiteRELIEFDDown 2: Crucial economy inside emergency departmentACUTEDDown 3: State head tackling socialist in chargePREDICATEDDown 4: Express disapproval and educate vacuous studentTUTEEDDown 5: Hear King's changing, making reductionSHRINKAGEDDown 6: Power of Government's leader in controlREIGNDDown 7: Difficult coming together accepting rout, oddlyGRUELLINGDDown 8: This compiler's rubbish, being naughty!IMPISHDDown 9: Pound's confining small animalsBEASTSDDown 15: Frighten quarry, perhaps, getting ferret outDETERMINEDDown 16: More unpleasant facility reportedly supplying provisionsGROCERIESDDown 17: Detectives overlook everything, nearly giving noticeDISMISSALDDown 18: Sporadic disputes over sweetheartSPARSEDDown 20: Flail about in the endless silenceTHRESHDDown 22: Initially dim, exhibiting no serious eruditionDENSEDDown 23: Greek god posed with lyre, undressedSATYRDDown 24: Possibly hard border?HEDGE