Telegraph Toughie Answers - Thursday, 5th January 2023 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Toughie crossword on Thursday, 5th January 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Toughie AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Hackney Borough at first blasted wage strike, beginning with exasperating little flierCABBAGE WHITEAAcross 9: Endeavour is finally in Harwich Marina, satnav device goneHAVE A GOAAcross 10: Charges of pusillanimity involved in play deniedSTIMULIAAcross 11: Cows' mess regularly found in the valleysCWMSAAcross 12: During service, the setter's torn apartRIVENAAcross 13: Manoeuvring kart, dame shows a bit of legDARK MEATAAcross 16: Cutting school?LANCINGAAcross 17: Lacquer's very short; time to introduce stain?TARNISHAAcross 18: Queen's up to something in retreat with Ian – naughty!TITANIAAAcross 21: Pressure connected with returning storm, initially increasing cost for living in the mainPELAGICAAcross 23: Trimmed beef, sayMOWNAAcross 24: Both ends of suite knocked off when falling back into poolUNITEAAcross 25: Rub brass?GALLAAcross 28: They do their job amongst lauded elites, as directors, executives, royalty, statesmenLEADERSAAcross 29: Request leap from Nureyev perhaps – champion no moreENTREATAAcross 30: Sauerkraut staple with mixed swede and celeriac roots – Father gets half up frontWHITE CABBAGEDDown 1: Barbarians creating menace around approach to VerulamiumCAVEMENDDown 2: Dress up for gameBRAGDDown 3: Maintaining electoral system overdueAVOWINGDDown 4: Most convenient to find unlidded bakemeats in Norfolk?EASIESTDDown 5: Valerie Hobson rises to present successorHEIRDDown 6: Wave at us madly around noon – the setter's back!TSUNAMIDDown 7: Drink Scotch containing old, almost "metallic" liquidCHOCOLATE MILKDDown 8: For confectionery, draw off Pepsi, say, carried by piping encased in carbon baseMILK CHOCOLATEDDown 14: Wally's pub located in The Big AppleNINNYDDown 15: Question may be gratingGRILLDDown 19: Riverwalk in Chepstow Pat hauntedTOWPATHDDown 20: One has difficulty recalling style of cinemasAMNESICDDown 21: To-do with bishop Basil, perhaps?POT HERBDDown 22: Upset lady geek detailed seductive glanceGLAD EYEDDown 26: See 13 AcrossDARK MEATDDown 27: Burner phone ultimately unavailable – ringing pointless; one slips deviously awayETNA