Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Friday, 27th January 2023 There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Friday, 27th January 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Good cryptic clue needed for 'hot plate'GRIDDLEAAcross 5: Transport coming from chain next to Harvester, we hearBICYCLEAAcross 9: Model I associated with Kent townIDEALAAcross 10: Hear pin-up getting ordered: 'Less smiling!'UNHAPPIERAAcross 11: Van I have employed with an object, verballyTRANSITIVEAAcross 12: Observed knight getting cutSAWNAAcross 14: Comedy theatre, conceivably, that's liable to foldHOUSE OF CARDSAAcross 18: Space for reflection in between bridal necessitiesDRESSING-ROOMAAcross 21: Sluggard heading off for fixNAILAAcross 22: Funny pun's ousted – that's wickedSTUPENDOUSAAcross 25: Closest pub: Queen Elizabeth, Second StreetINNERMOSTAAcross 26: Story of boxer swinging both waysALIBIAAcross 27: Length of garden reaching maturityYARDAGEAAcross 28: Stolen deposit causes tricky situationHOT SEATDDown 1: Celebration of artificial intelligence encountering alien in outer galaxyGAIETYDDown 2: One caribou taking first step over frozen groundICE CAPDDown 2: One caribou taking first step over frozen groundICECAPDDown 3: Fantasy home should lose mouldingDOLLS HOUSEDDown 4: See red revolutionary, innocent, given timeERUPTDDown 5: Habits put Victor, with debt, in rehab to reformBEHAVIOURDDown 6: Pandas carried these wood rings outCOPSDDown 7: Switzerland heads competition after leader's avoided playing the knightCHIVALRYDDown 8: Mountaineer in Essex – enthralling oddityEERINESSDDown 13: Commentary on social creature, one figuring in large numbers?ACCOUNTANTDDown 15: Doctor OKs nurse to restrict temperature, seeing this?SUNSTROKEDDown 16: Name that gets abbreviated like I hadIDENTITYDDown 17: Notice animal shelters this person createsDESIGNERDDown 19: Garment on the counter, fake – CID obtained arrestsBODICEDDown 20: Terrible thirst – one could get worn outT-SHIRTDDown 23: Repair bedPATCHDDown 24: Motorists getting on in districtAREA