The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 10th February 2023 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 10th February 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Church dignitary that's opposed to 15CARDINALAAcross 9: A selfish desire to get something done!AGREEDAAcross 10: Be inclined to write things in orderLISTAAcross 11: Name a small number after one in ultrashort timeNANOSECONDAAcross 12: Take wicket, then settle down in ground in final seasonWINTERAAcross 14: Kind of yarn in the reply after exchange of a couple of lettersTHREE-PLYAAcross 15: Service guide available from Ford in albumORDINALAAcross 17: Fourth book nurse composed about doctorNUMBERSAAcross 20: Number that's loud also heardFORTY-TWOAAcross 22: Second coffee and third piece of tartLATTERAAcross 23: As for No 10 being reformed, PM starts with theseAFTERNOONSAAcross 24: Continue as ultimate model for Oxford, sayLASTAAcross 25: Shut up and take notice — this group's bigger than ABBAPENTADAAcross 26: Guy taking bronze from place to fieldTHIRDMANDDown 1: In bar, I'm with a female that's upset close friendFAMILIARDDown 2: Second of three equal parts in premeditated corrective actionEDITDDown 3: Private penning article that's comparatively sillyINANERDDown 4: Among which ours comes third, but isn't included in seven, musicallyPLANETSDDown 5: Nigerian university admitting French or German womanHAUSFRAUDDown 6: A couple of flyers that striker uses when dispatching deliveriesCRICKET BATDDown 7: Unprincipled about runs in first seasonVERNALDDown 13: Two days before Ides of March, say, unluckily positioned?THIRTEENTHDDown 16: Dine out after start of play -— one of fifteen occupying a certain tableACTINIDEDDown 18: Mistreated those trapped by informer — that keeps resistance under controlRHEOSTATDDown 19: Leave game after three, we hearGO FORTHDDown 21: Not acting, arrange an evening outOFFSETDDown 22: Young woman having cool drink on 4th of JuneLASSIEDDown 24: What, historically, Martha became, following double firstLADY