Telegraph Toughie Answers - Thursday, 23rd February 2023 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Toughie crossword on Thursday, 23rd February 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Toughie AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Typist's control shown in bearing and responseCARRIAGE RETURNAAcross 5: See 1 AcrossRETURNAAcross 9: Sacking second-class subeditor upset newcomerOUTSIDERAAcross 10: Seated in graceful and authentic 1 AcrossLANDAUAAcross 12: 1 Across is due attentionDILIGENCEAAcross 13: Hardy unveils suckersOLLIEAAcross 14: Loving dip off the coast of UAEFONDAAcross 16: Stanhope, short of capital, set out again as 1 AcrossPHAETONAAcross 19: Blunder with signs of hesitation over strike-breakerERRATUMAAcross 21: Cultivated husband's leading dictionaryHOEDAAcross 24: Starts to take action using parasol effectively for shadeTAUPEAAcross 25: In roadside kiosk, ring FIRE, then HOSPITALTOLLBOOTHAAcross 27: Strangely, loco's hard to start for trainSCHOOLAAcross 28: In audition, hot meal precedes Charlie getting lead without notice in 1 AcrossCURRICLEAAcross 29: Less tender song?NUMBERAAcross 30: Expand radio station in the middle of Exeter, with completion on scheduleESCALATEDDown 1: Masses held in chapel initially, before controversy with bloodhoundCROWDSDDown 2: Maestro needing bit of percussion?RATTLEDDown 3: The setter quavers, we hear, getting chillyICINGDDown 4: Picked up coat from girl on eBay, oddly on revolutionary retreatGLEANEDDDown 6: Studied bundle that's turned up prior to lectureELABORATEDDown 7: Swell's behind time after mostly inappropriate ...UNDULATEDDown 8: ... employment in North America with a new start in theatre – it's sickening!NAUSEANTDDown 11: Tweet from Papa – "Extreme pressure besieging base"PEEPDDown 15: Where one's specs are, precisely – over the pond!ON THE NOSEDDown 17: In France, setter (with his heart!) takes dropJETTISONDDown 18: 1 Across is unpolished in send-up of The Fairy QueenBROUGHAMDDown 20: Violet Elizabeth's teacher in story?MYTHDDown 21: Attempts to steal hose?HOLD-UPSDDown 22: Copyright within "dark" music beginning to appear, I understandGOTCHADDown 23: Comestible's said to make you smile?CHEESEDDown 26: Pouch containing last fragments of china vessels Wheeler initially unearthed, brought up to capital of BruneiBURSA