Telegraph Cryptic Answers - Friday, 24th February 2023 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Friday, 24th February 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Stir cocktailSLAMMERAAcross 8: Hound one obtaining bread in Kabul?AFGHANIAAcross 10: Foul by China in gameBADMINTONAAcross 11: Worked hard having no time to get drunkOILEDAAcross 12: Call up Derek over purchases being returnedEVOKEAAcross 13: Teach girl strangely lacking in energyLETHARGICAAcross 15: Proceeds with article probing ultimately fraudulent Cambridge collegeTAKINGSAAcross 17: Favourite bank is comparatively smallPETTIERAAcross 18: Habit of PPS, say, to defend ConservativeADDICTIONAAcross 20: Concert hall, empty old one in ruinsODEONAAcross 21: Symbolic inscription on gift for broadcaster Bruce, perhapsTOKENAAcross 23: Best place to make contact with darling MarkSWEET SPOTAAcross 24: Objection about locking up opponents began againRESUMEDAAcross 25: Understood how judge may appear after lawsuit's conclusionTWIGGEDDDown 1: Flipping freezing in Kendal, surprisingly like Switzerland?LANDLOCKEDDDown 2: Universal anger about politician becoming mediatorUMPIREDDown 3: Under pressure upset son talks foolishlyPRATTLESDDown 4: Wood American enters with Alan quite regularlyWALNUTDDown 5: Rude Italian gentleman, blowing top over social workerIGNORANTDDown 6: Follow story on the radioTAILDDown 7: Have influence giving support to national topicSUBJECT MATTERDDown 9: Criminal triad I contend is brainwashedINDOCTRINATEDDDown 14: Doctor i.e. a GP using animals in testsGUINEA PIGSDDown 16: Monicker of English chap, taken up following prisonNICKNAMEDDown 17: Cured pork pate can't spreadPANCETTADDown 19: Some Montenegrins identified behind barsINSIDEDDown 20: Run rings round Oxford University idiotOUTWITDDown 22: Disc barely covered by Kansas radio stationKISS