Telegraph Toughie Answers - Thursday, 16th February 2023 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Toughie crossword on Thursday, 16th February 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Toughie AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Endlessly fill hours working and do wellFLOURISHAAcross 9: Triumph in the past for newspaper?HERALDAAcross 10: Bill runs out of luckBEAKAAcross 11: Rejected character breaks fancy souvenir dumping current dateRENDEZVOUSAAcross 12: Supporting English hotel that's in difficultyBEHINDAAcross 14: EU citizens inspired by EU's backing for AfricanSUDANESEAAcross 15: Provide American car to transport femaleAFFORDAAcross 17: This writer's emphatic refusal to withdraw title characterEPONYMAAcross 20: Forestalls dust-up ultimately before tempers frayedPRE-EMPTSAAcross 22: Essentially eloquent Oscar-winning actress heading off, put outQUENCHAAcross 23: Undecided about British animal vet treated ...AMBIVALENTAAcross 24: ... bemoan creature being picked upWAILAAcross 25: Remove gum young Luella purchasesUNGLUEAAcross 26: Chum nursing advanced muscular pain following operatic workPARSIFALDDown 1: Plant dahlias at intervals around gazebo's base alwaysALOE VERADDown 2: Rowling, penning vacuous Utopian rubbish?JUNKDDown 3: Hunter from Maryland or Minnesota, travelling northNIMRODDDown 4: Inferior liquor perhaps you audibly sinkSHEEP-DIPDDown 5: Source of article dividing French regionPROVENANCEDDown 6: Striking airline boastful criminal mocksFLOUTSDDown 8: Upstanding individual aboard high-speed trainHONESTDDown 13: Adamant it's unpalatable replacing Davey maybe with CableINFLEXIBLEDDown 16: Watch for instance salesman needing support from Apple?REPEATERDDown 18: Aiming somehow to dam Switzerland's vast lakeMICHIGANDDown 19: Inattentive PM's ashamed at heart when shown upASLEEPDDown 21: Language crook oddly avoided a lotROMANYDDown 22: Arab TV show entertains ace sailorQATARIDDown 24: Fancy having power to oust male Government official?WHIP