The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 20th January 2023 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 20th January 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Hormone? My mood is being restrictedCORTISONEAAcross 10: Doing brilliantly, confronting leader to be deposedACINGAAcross 11: Man given new life to be idle, mostly before a short dashLAZARUSAAcross 12: Philosopher bites back, cross about articleSPINOZAAAcross 13: Welsh town's fashion, not poshMOLDAAcross 14: Defeated female, corrosive influence getting told offFRUSTRATEDAAcross 16: It's dull outside, terriblyTEDIOUSAAcross 17: Stones number one track changes herePIT STOPAAcross 19: Awfully cosy when meeting power, hard workers who toadySYCOPHANTSAAcross 22: Old flyers going round in gameFAROAAcross 24: Sightseer: gentleman about to be taken in by spiv?TOURISTAAcross 25: First woman almost to register as competitive riderEVENTERAAcross 26: Love to examine old languageOSCANAAcross 27: Incomer by ground that has yet to be developedEMBRYONICDDown 1: Yours truly's limited by nasty antisocial act is getting used to thingsACCLIMATISATIONDDown 2: Having received audible jeer, escaped totally exhaustedFRAZZLEDDDown 3: Record year with help having been set upDIARYDDown 4: Prisoners, kind to get locked in as matesCONSORTSDDown 5: Sends up meals to two opponents at tableTEASESDDown 6: Graduate makes a case, penning short excuseCALIBRATEDDown 7: I travel into place to have a hearty mealPIG OUTDDown 7: I travel into place to have a hearty mealPIGOUTDDown 8: Wild gang proceeds on a run hampered by stuff carriedEGGANDSPOONRACEDDown 15: Illness? One must get up minimally, obeying instructionsCOMPLIANTDDown 17: What garden centres sell? There's fuss over British StandardsPOTHERBSDDown 18: Old garment no good? Smart and hot!TOASTINGDDown 20: Two companions outside historic city chapel?CHURCHDDown 21: One bit of a plant another duck's destroyedANTHERDDown 23: 3 writer? Yes, working through pagesPEPYS