Telegraph Toughie Answers - Friday, 3rd March 2023 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the Telegraph Toughie crossword on Friday, 3rd March 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Toughie AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: See you, more than once, during overture to ErnaniBYE-BYEAAcross 5: Go through the motions as issue backed on recordMARK TIMEAAcross 9: European papal edict that is pleasant without beginning to invite enthusiasmEBULLIENCEAAcross 10: Insignificant short chap escaping unavoidable fateTINYAAcross 11: Magnificent valley moguls regularly visitedGORGEOUSAAcross 12: Lively plonk quaffed by Sunday on vacationSPARKYAAcross 13: Did fly perhaps gather with colony leaving riverSWAMAAcross 15: Milking former luvviedom?EXACTINGAAcross 18: Shorter fighter, not one grasping questionBRUSQUERAAcross 19: Framework made of, primarily, seasoned woodSASHAAcross 21: In Cyprus, hotel that's horrid and rudeCHEEKYAAcross 23: Charming adult party with half-hearted chatterADORABLEAAcross 25: Outwit what could follow all the next levelBESTAAcross 26: Unlimited short article reprinted and inflatedRHETORICALAAcross 27: Look back on space travelling – they're off!ESCAPEESAAcross 28: Intimate relationship initially stifled by bruteFRIENDDDown 2: Tough young people mostly absorbing booksYOBBODDown 3: Pluck outside of pheasants, say, or other kinds of sportBALL GAMESDDown 4: One expected to make final tried running round Oval?EDITORDDown 5: Birds mass then cross into Western Sahara erraticallyMANX SHEARWATERSDDown 6: Current regulator's letter from Greece intercepted by English immediatelyRHEOSTATDDown 7: Fish stuck in waste trapTETRADDown 8: Partial cover-ups of leg fine in short skirtsMONOKINISDDown 14: Shy, retiring, getting husband demoted without deserving contemptWORTHLESSDDown 16: Conductor of opera concerned with repeated upsetTOSCANINIDDown 17: Frank after service not on VAT radar?DUTY-FREEDDown 20: Go work in post office, collecting finesPOP OFFDDown 22: Special edition, 50 per cent of 1, perhapsEXTRADDown 24: Get rest around middle of afternoonLEARN